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1. Mourning Becomes Electra: Introduction
2. Mourning Becomes Electra: Summary
   1. Homecoming: Acts I - IV Summary
   2. The Hunted: Acts I - V Summary
   3. The Haunted: Acts I - IV Summary
3. Mourning Becomes Electra: Eugene O’Neill Biography
4. Mourning Becomes Electra: Themes
5. Mourning Becomes Electra: Style
6. Mourning Becomes Electra: Historical Context
7. Mourning Becomes Electra: Critical Overview
8. Mourning Becomes Electra: Character Analysis
   1. Captain Adam Brant
   2. Lavinia Mannon
   3. Brigadier-General Ezra Mannon
   4. Orin Mannon
   5. Other Characters
9. Mourning Becomes Electra: Essays and Criticism
   1. Mourning Becomes Electra and Oresteia
   2. "The Legacy of Melville's Pierre: Family Relationships in Mourning Becomes Electra"
   3. "Eugene O'Neill's Paradise Lost: The Theme of the Islands in Mourning Becomes Electra"
   4. "Mother and Daughter in Mourning Becomes Electra"
   5. "Insular Typees: Puritanism and Primitivism in Mourning Becomes Electra"
   6. "More Shakespeare and Less Aeschylus in Eugene O'Neill 's Mourning Becomes Electra"
   7. "Our Electra"
   8. 1931 Review of Mourning Becomes Electra
10. Mourning Becomes Electra: Compare and Contrast
11. Mourning Becomes Electra: Topics for Further Study
12. Mourning Becomes Electra: Media Adaptations
13. Mourning Becomes Electra: What Do I Read Next?
14. Mourning Becomes Electra: Bibliography and Further Reading
15. Mourning Becomes Electra: Pictures
16. Copyright

1. Eugene O'Neill