Jan 2, 2010

Electra | What Do I Read Next?

Another of Sophocles's tragedies, Antigone, tells of a woman's struggle to bury her brother's body against the orders of the king. Like Electra, it features a strong female character and involves the conflict between family and politics. Antigone is the last play in the Oedipal trilogy.

In three plays, Mourning Becomes Electra, Ah! Wilderness, and Days without End, the Nobel Prize-winning American playwright Eugene O'Neill retells the story of Electra and her family's tragedy.

William Shakespeare's Hamlet bears many...