In the play Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O"Neal, certain elements in the play give parallels to Greek Mythology. The story that best proves this idea is the story of ... exist. Orestes, after being sent away for seven years, Came back to avenge his fathers death. Along with his sister Electra and his best friend Pylades he killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus. Mourning Becomes Electra took on a slightly different approach. The Mannon family on the outside looked like a prosperous respectable unit but these surface ... and the lover are killed themselves by the vengeful son and dau...

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... play themselves. It is a clever tactic used by playwrights because the audience's attention is held when dramatic irony is used. There is a perfect example of dramatic irony in "Electra" when the audience know that Orestes has returned to find Electra. The audience know that Electra is talking to her long lost brother, Orestes, but she does not. "Orestes: I bring news of your brother ... when Orestes goes to murder Aegisthus. The audience know what Orestes" intentions are but Aegisthus does not. And the same happens when Clytemnestra goes to Electra's house full of good intentions when ...

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... definition of tragedy. It will be told with Clytemnestra being the main protagonist and her son, Orestes, being the antagonist of the story. Her daughter Electra will also be in the episode as well as a chorus, messenger, Aegisthus and Agamemnon. The story of the episode will start after the conflict which ... through with the killing Agamemnon and causing pain to her children and family. As Agamemnon arrives at the port, he is greeted by Orestes and Electra who are both excited to welcome their father who is now a hero of the war in Troy. They greet each other and Orestes starts explai...

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... than 100 plays, of which 7 complete tragedies and fragments of 80 or 90 others are preserved. The seven extant plays are Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus or Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King), Electra, Ajax, Trachiniae (Maidens of Trachis), Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus (produced posthumously in 401 BC). Also preserved is a large fragment of the Ichneutae (Investigators), a satiric drama discovered on papyrus in ... of the 20th century. Of the surviving tragedies the earliest is thought to be Ajax (circa 451-444 BC). Next probably are Antigone and Trachiniae (after 441). Oedipus Tyrannus an...

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... Aegisthus for the death of his father, is justifiable. Orestes is successful in avenging the murderer of his father, by plotting the assassination of his father's executioners with his sister, Electra. The chorus in the tragic play agree with Orestes before the deaths of the two murderers, "The spirit of Right cries out aloud and extracts atonement due: blood stroke for ... has for Agamemnon. This wretched conspiracy with Aegisthus is successful in killing Agamemnon and claiming the power over Agamemnon's subjects. In The Libation Bearers, Orestes cleverly conspires with his sister, Ele...

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... theme of the plays was about justice. He also introduced the second character to the stage.. Another playwright was Sophocles. He was most famous for three of his tragedies, Antigone, Electra, and Oedipus Rex. He was fascinated in divine justice. His tragedies focused on the connection between the community and its individuals. Sophocles introduced the third character and also the use ... ...

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... stay home with the mother. However the plays of that time do not reflect the evidence that we have about the women in classical Athens. The tragedies of Medea, Antigone, Electra, and even Agamemnon, show women are strong and free willed and are capable of doing things on their own. In Euripides" Medea, Medea is constantly talking about the conditions that ... ...

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