Mourning becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra, trilogy of plays by Eugene o' Neill produced and published in 1931.
The trilogy, consisting of
Homecoming (four acts),
The Hunted (five acts),
The Haunted (four acts),
The play is modeled on the Oresteia trilogy of Aeschylus and represents O’Neill’s most complete use of Greek forms, themes, and characters. O’Neill set his trilogy in the new England of the American civil war period.
The trilogy, consisting of
Homecoming (four acts),
The Hunted (five acts),
The Haunted (four acts),
The play is modeled on the Oresteia trilogy of Aeschylus and represents O’Neill’s most complete use of Greek forms, themes, and characters. O’Neill set his trilogy in the new England of the American civil war period.
The play deals with themes like incest , revenge , death , war effects , love and hate in relationship , past ' s effect on present , Oedipus and Electra complex. At some level it also become tragedy .
In the play we can see Oedipus and Electra complex in characters. Orin ' s attachment for his mother Christine , that he dreamt about they are on island of warmth and peace . Christine said that orin only belongs to her. They are always happy with each other.
Lavinia's love for her father and that's why her mother become her rival. Ultimately at the end she becomes responsible for all family member's death.
Christine loves Brant and hatred towards her husband Ezra mannon .she hates Lavinia also. She responsible for his husband's death. Lavinia told her brother about her affair and he kills Adam Brant. Christine ' s and Orin ' s suicide out of the frustration from which they are suffering. So we can say theme of revenge and death in the play.
At the end Lavinia out of repentance shuts herself in the house alone and said she have to suffer with all mannon family member's ghost. Out of guilt she decided to suffer. So there is also element of Puritanism in the play . Thus play become tragic with theme of hate revenge and death which results of Oedipus and Electra complex.
In the play we can see Oedipus and Electra complex in characters. Orin ' s attachment for his mother Christine , that he dreamt about they are on island of warmth and peace . Christine said that orin only belongs to her. They are always happy with each other.
Lavinia's love for her father and that's why her mother become her rival. Ultimately at the end she becomes responsible for all family member's death.
Christine loves Brant and hatred towards her husband Ezra mannon .she hates Lavinia also. She responsible for his husband's death. Lavinia told her brother about her affair and he kills Adam Brant. Christine ' s and Orin ' s suicide out of the frustration from which they are suffering. So we can say theme of revenge and death in the play.
At the end Lavinia out of repentance shuts herself in the house alone and said she have to suffer with all mannon family member's ghost. Out of guilt she decided to suffer. So there is also element of Puritanism in the play . Thus play become tragic with theme of hate revenge and death which results of Oedipus and Electra complex.
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