Mourning Becomes Electra | The Hunted: Acts I - V Summary

The Hunted: Act I
The second play in the trilogy opens outside the Mannon house two days after Ezra's death. Again, a group of five local people form a chorus, gossiping about what has occurred and repeating rumors.

Orin returns from the war. Lavinia is jealous over her mother's preferential treatment of Orin. Christine, who despised her husband and loves her son Orin, hates Lavinia; she blames Lavinia for convincing Orin to go off to war.

The Hunted: Act II
Ezra's body is laid out in the study. Lavinia...


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