Which false premise does the author rely on in this excerpt?
that parents would choose to disown their children instead of caring for them
that parents would value their children over an improved economy
that parents would rather sell their children than be responsible for them
that parents would prefer to provide for their children instead of selling them

the servant does not kill the child oedipus as he was ordered to do because "he pitied the child" based on the oedipus rex story. the servant was ordered to kill the child because of the prophecy that predicted king laius' death. the king already had attempted to hurt oedipus by piercing oedipus's ankle. however, the servant did not finish the job and he rather saved the baby oedipus.

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the answer is actually c   i just got done with the test.