Mourning Becomes Electra
It is a play by American Shakespeare Eugene O'Neill. The play
is very much open for various interpretations.
it is divided into parts :- The Homecoming, The hunted and The
Haunted.
The play is Psychologically very rich. Oedipus and Electra complex
are very well interwoven in the play.
Ezra Menon returns from the war to home and soon dies. The reason
behind death is not clear at first that whether he died a natural death or killed
by his own wife.
Later on Orin Menon, son of Ezra and Christine returns from the
war. it was revealed to him by Lavinia that she saw Christine kissing Adam Brant-
who resembles in looks to all Menons. So, Orin shoots Adam Brant.
As the play progresses Oedipus and Elecra complex becomes more prominent in the play. Orin killes Adam because he wanted love of his mother. Where as Lavinia wanted love of his father and this becomes example of Electra complex.
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