In the beginning of this journal article, Saxby Pridemore and Zainab Abd Majeed point out suicide is affected by culture. Representative suicides and their meanings in the past continue into the present, thus resembling their significance in Western culture. According to the authors, Greek and Roman (Roman will be disregarded) mythology contains suicides, such as Hercules’, that facilitated the development of Western culture as we know it today. In ancient Greek philosophy, Plato abhorred suicide as shameful and believed the suicide victims should be buried in unmarked graves unless the suicide was a result of utmost tribulation or extreme shame. The Metamorphoses will not be discussed as it is a Roman work. But Pridemore and Majeed finalize
