Electra

The play Electra discusses many principles that are also the focus of the Tao Te Ching. One of these principles is non-action, which the Tao Te Ching heavily supports and Electra seems to support. The two texts have different views on the core values of non-action, and it is important to make a distinction between the two, for the non-action of the Tao Te Ching is wildly different from that of Electra. The Tao Te Ching believes that non-action should be intentional and beneficial to everyone and…

Electra by Euripides plot is the same as Sophocles’ Electra for it tells a story about Electra and her brother Orestes wanting to get revenge on their mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus, for killing their father Agamemnon. The events that led to the actions in this play was Clytemnestra killing her husband, to avenge her daughter Iphigenia, Agamemnon and his concubine Cassandra after they returned from the Trojan War. The play’s setting unlike Sophocles’ does not take place entirely in…

they are to behave, according to Greek myths and the divine laws, values, and morals that connect and disconnect with culture norms. The myths I will be pulling are from, The Mycenaean Saga, Euripides, Electra, Sophocles…

Although Orestes was the main killer of Clytemnestra in Sophocles play Electra, he was not the main focus of the play His sister, Electra but what are the reasons that made her stand out? Electra is a complex character. Electra could be called insane by many but she was cunning and held strong ideals. Sophocles brought Electra to the fore because of her ability as a character to manipulate people and bending to her will as she was able to inspire to Orestes to carry out her revenge against their…

In the SGU’s latest theater department production Electra was seemingly themed in the 1970’s or 1980’s. The play had guns and cargo pants set in a war torn land. Although these drastic changes were made from the original play the storyline did not vary too much. The human experience was still revenge, finding and exacting it. This play did a great job of showing the pull between Electra and her sister Chrysothemis also Electra’s own struggle with insanity. What this play did best was show that…

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years she appeared totally different. Part. II .Literature Review Eugene O’Neill as the father of the American theatre and a winner of the Nobel Prize has undergone many studies and critical books were written on him. The author of Mourning Becomes Electra is a creative and versatile dramatist. His works brings about the many schools of art and literature into real life application. The other scholars have applied the naturalism, expressionism and the existentialism. Thus, all these movements…

“Electra Heart: More Than Just a Sophomore Album” was the first college level essay I have ever wrote. I am proud of how I managed to explain the concept and feel of the album through this essay. I am also proud of how I formatted the paper properly since it was the first time I have ever used the MLA format. Another thing is that I feel that I managed to explain how the album Electra Heart was something a lot more than an album and how special of a project it was. Even though I am proud of…

father is a drug addict and spends little time with his family before his untimely demise (Quintero p. 30, 152). Although Gabi’s father is basically removed from the picture for the majority of the novel, that does not yield Gabi from adopting the Electra Complex. Since Gabi’s father is never around for Gabi to tangibly express her feelings, she hopelessly deflects her feelings onto fellow classmates that fail to measure up to the standards of her…

Hamlet Introduction Professor Course Date The tragedy of Hamlet Hamlet, a play by William Shakespeare, unfolds as a drama inclined on retribution (Shakespeare, 1996, p. 342). In the first Acts of the play, Hamlet, the main protagonist, learns that Claudius was the perpetrator behind his father’s murder. Shakespeare gives a vivid description of Hamlet’s encounter with his father’s ghost (Shakespeare, 1996, p. 367). It is in the course of this encounter that Hamlet discovers that…