Oedipus Vs. Society Essay, Research Paper

During Greek times, Oedipus committed the worst crime by marrying his mother and killing his father. The Greeks never looked down upon any criminal like they would look down upon someone who went against their family.

If one refers to the 1970’s film, The Godfather, the Corleone family was very strict on family morals and they as well as the Greeks considered the family to be everything and if one went against the family it was punishable by death.

In today’s society the family has lost some importance and peoples morals toward their kin have begun to decrease in the last few years. Now one sees parents beating their children and possibly killing them. Kids’ killing their parents has become a new trend. The Menendez brothers killed both of their parents and thought nothing of it because the media made them stars. When one walks into a bathroom or down the school hall, they will either see or hear the word “motherfucker”, but many people don’t seem to realize what it means exactly. Today it is used commonly in the English language, but it is really happening today, whether it is with mother, father, brother, sister, or even grandma, it is still happening somewhere in this world.

The main cause of this lack of morals is (in my opinion) directly related to the amount of sex and violence on television. Many years ago Elvis couldn’t even shake his waist on TV, but now Sharon Stone can open her legs on a big screen for everyone to see. Violence has increased on television because sitcoms and movies will not sell in today’s society without sex and violence.

In the future, life in general will eventually become a game involving survival of the fittest and killing your next door neighbor before he kills you. Movies and television should be screened so only kids mature enough to know the difference between Hollywood and real life can watch movies with hardcore violence and sex in them.