Electra | Essays and Criticism

  • Cycles of Violence in Electra

    In the following essay, Arnold Schmidt explores the cycles of violence in Electra.

  • Electra

    In this essay, J. Michael Walton provides an overview of Sophocles's Electra. He differentiates Sophocles's version of the story from similar works by his Greek contemporaries Euripides (a play also titled Electra,) and Aeschylus (who chronicles the legend in his trilogy the Oresteia).

  • The Plot of Electra

    In this review, John A. Hawkins encapsulates the plot of Electra and appraises a 1987 production of the play.