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An 8 page research paper that examines the roots of Eugene O'Neill's monumental trilogy of plays, Mourning Becomes Electra, which goes deep into the literature of ancient Greece. The ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus created a monumental trilogy of plays that relate the story of the house of Atreus. These plays are collectively entitled Oresteia. Patterning a trio of plays on the work of Aeschulus, O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra is intentionally modeled on Aeschylus' achievement. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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a monumental trilogy of plays that relate the story of the house of Atreus. These plays are collectively entitled Oresteia. Patterning a trio of plays on the work of
Aeschulus, ONeills Mourning Becomes Electra is intentionally modeled on Aeschylus achievement. The plays that make up Aeschylus trilogy are Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, and Eumenides. ONeills trilogy consists of Homecoming,
The Hunted and The Haunted. As this suggests, there are numerous structural similarities between the two bodies of work. The following examination of that plot structure reveals these similarities, as
well as where the perspective of ONeill differs from that of Aeschylus. Each of ONeills plays corresponds to a Greek equivalent (Floyd, 1985). Therefore, the plot of Homecoming parallels
that of Aeschylus Agamemnon. In each plays a deceived husband returns home from war, grateful to have survived, yet in each plays, the husband is subsequently murdered (Floyd, 1985). Like
Aeschylus, ONeill provides preliminary exposition that explains the relationships and impetus that leads up to the tensions already present at the opening of each play. In Aeschulus work,
the initial dispute arises because Atreus and his brother Thyrestis both loved the same woman -- Atreus wife, Aerope. Thyrestis succeeds in seducing Aerope, incurring his brothers wrath. Atreus then
seeks revenge against his brother, by killing two of his nephews (Thyrestis sons) and serving them up to their father in a royal banquet. For this horrendous act, the gods
place a curse on the house of Atreus. Additionally, Atreus allows a third nephew -- i.e. a son of Thyrestis, live, but he is exiled.
Abe and David Mannon are the brothers who parallel these characters in ONeills trilogy, Abe and David vie for the love of Marie Brantome, who works as
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