Electra (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Euripides
- First Published: 413
- Type of Work: Greek Drama
- Genres: Drama, Character study, Tragedy
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, Murder or homicide, Mistaken or secret identity, Obsession, Women, Revenge, Kings, queens, or royalty, Gods or goddesses, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Rites or ceremonies, Prophecy or prophets, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Trojan War
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Argos, ancient
Though princess of Argos, Electra is give in marriage to an old Argive farmer to prevent her from bearing a son who might avenge Agamemnon’s death. Still, this marriage serves Electra’s purpose. It allows her to remain chaste and plot the double murder. She lives for her brother Orestes’ return and remains intent on revenge. Obsessed by Agamemnon, Electra allows no man to touch her, not even her brother when he returns in disguise.
Electra often reveals a morbid attachment for her murdered father. Significantly, the old farmer, who becomes for Electra a father surrogate,...
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