Does the story approve the principle of vicarious liability If so how ........

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Antigone was one of the daughters of Oedipus, that tragic figure of male power who had been cursed by Gods for mistakenly killing his father and subsequently marrying his mother and assuming the throne of Thebes. After the death of Oedipus civil war broke out and a battle was waged in front of the seventh gate of Thebes-his two sons led opposing factions and at the height of the battle fought and killed each other. Oedipus' brother, Creon, uncle of Antigone, was now undisputed master of the city. Creon resolved to make an example of the brother who had fought against him, Polynices, by refusing the right of honourable burial. The penalty of death was promulgated against any who should defy this order. Antigone was distraught. Polynices had been left unburied, unwept, a feast of flesh for keen eyed carrion birds. Antigone asks her sister Ismene, for it was a challenge to her royal blood. "Now it is time to show whether or not you are worthy of your royal blood. Is he not my brother and yours? Whether you like it or not? I shall never desert him-never!" But Ismene responds, "How could you dare - when Creon has expressly forbidden it? Antigone, we are women; it is not for us to fight against men" With a touch of bitterness, Antigone releases her sister from the obligation to help her, but argues she cannot shrug off the burden."If I die for it what happiness! Live, if you will live, and defy the holiest of laws of heaven."

Does the story approve the principle of vicarious liability? If so how?

No, it does not

Yes, it does, because of the acts of Oedipus his children suffered

Yes, it does, because his father Was killed by Oedipus

Yes, it does, because he married his mother

Explanation:

- Option 1: No, it does not

- The story does not explicitly support the principle of vicarious liability, which usually involves holding one person liable for the actions of another. The plot centers on individual actions and the consequences faced by them.

- Option 2: Yes, it does, because of the acts of Oedipus his children suffered

- This suggests that the children's suffering is due to Oedipus's actions. However, it isn't directly tied to the legal concept of vicarious liability.

- Option 3: Yes, it does, because his father was killed by Oedipus

- This focuses on Oedipus's own actions rather than liability assumed by others for these actions.

- Option 4: Yes, it does, because he married his mother

- Again, this refers to Oedipus's own choices and their consequences, not an indirect liability on others.

Option 1 is correct: No, it does not.