Electra (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
- First Published: 1904
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: The inner courtyard of the palace at Mycenae, Greece
- Principal Characters: Electra, Chrysothemis, Orestes, Clytemnestra, Aegisthus
- Genres: Drama, 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, Mycenae, Greece
The Story:
As the reddish glow of the setting sun flooded the inner courtyard of the palace, five women servants came to fill their pitchers at the well. While they were speaking, Electra, Agamemnon’s eldest daughter, appeared, dressed in ragged clothing. Startled by their presence, she quickly disappeared like a frightened animal. Four of the women exchanged contemptuous observations about the mourning rites that Electra practiced each evening for her father, and they ridiculed both her and the wretched conditions of life that her mother and Aegisthus had imposed upon her....
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Poetry)Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Drama)
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