Mourning Becomes Electra | Themes
Revenge
Revenge serves as a primary motivation for the play's actions. Seeking to revenge the death of his mother, Marie Brantome, Adam hopes to destroy the Mannon family, especially Ezra.
The Mannon family is a complex web of revenge scenarios: Christine wants revenge on her husband for her unhappy marriage; Lavinia wants revenge on her mother for killing her father; Orin wants revenge on Brant for sleeping with his mother.
Paradise
Paradise is an obsession for many of the play's characters. As a seafaring family, early generations of Mannons had sailed to beautiful...
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