Hello! Everyone welcome to my Assignment.
Name :- Divya d.vaghela
Roll no :- 07
Sem :- 03
Batch :- 2018-20
Enrollment no:- 2069108420190044
Email lD :- vaghela.divya230@gmail.com
Paper no :- 10 ( The American Literature)
Topic name :- Major character reading and feministic reading of the Mourning becomes Electra .
So,let's start.first "Mourning becomes Electra " is a play by Eugene O'Neil written in 1937.
• About Eugene O'Neil :-
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into U.S. drama techniques of realism earlier associated ... O'Neill's plays were among the first to include speeches in American English vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society. They struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair.He hasn't given any colourful character on atmosphere,his colour are full.
• He got Noble prize for literature in 1936. He also got Pulitzer prize for drama.
• His most important Full length plays :-
Different
The first man
The Hairy ape
Desire under the Elms
The great god brown
A Touch of the poet
About play :- Mourning Becomes Electra is a play cycle written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 26 October 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932.
We can find the topic like in play :-
Expressionism
Greek myth - Agamemnon
Tragedy in 3 parts
War- Society
Family members relationship helps us to understand psychology,human mind.
Here are 3 parts in the play :-
1] .Home coming
2]. The Haunted
3]. The Hunted
The major character of the play:
• Ezra Mannon
• Christine Mannon
• Lavinia Mannon
• Orin Mannon
• Adam Brante
• It was a story of Mannonfamily.Where Ezra Manon and Christine both are husband &Wife and Lewinia and Orin are siblings (Sister-brother).It was an psychological play.It shows the minds condition of the characters.Here we can see the Oedipus and Electra complex. Here son loves mother and daughter loves father. Son want his father's place in mother's life and daughter want her mother's place in father's life.Because of jealousy and love we can find some death of the character.Here Brigediar general Ezra Mannon belongs to Reputed status or family. His wife Christine was a beautiful young and lovely.She hated her husband because he has rude behaviour or he behaved like strange,he has not kind feelings as noraml person have .
• Story starts with 1st part , Home coming ,when Ezra died.In second part Orin come back from war. He has more attracted towards mother.Lavinia told her that Christine give poison to her Father. But Orin doesn't believe in this.we can find the binaries like :- Love and Revenge ,Hatred - Loyalty, Forgiveness - Disloyalty. Family is the centre of attention the basic factor informing Individual's personality.Past does not become a past but keeps or moving as a round character till the end of the story.The house in which the family lives gives us the sense of depression and isolation . O'Neil displays the condition of the family and it's members by showing a large,secluded house that is unique and far from the village. Here we can connect the Myth of Agamemnon ; In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was the king of Mycenae.Here related characters or pair of play and myth;
Myth:- play :-
Agamemnon. Ezra Mannon
Clymensta Christine
Agistus. Adam Brant
Electra. Lavinia
Orestes. Orin
1] Christine :-
She was a beautiful,lovely and kind wife of of Ezra Mannon.She hated her husband and don't happy or satisfy with her husband. He don't like his company.When Ezra returns from war is night-a night was full of mystery . Everything is warning a looming bad event.
" well,I hope you realize I never would have fallen in love with Adam ,if I would have Orin with me . When he had gone there was nothing left- but hate and a desire to be revenged and a longing for love and it was then I met Adam . I saw he loved me ".
Through this quote from original text,Christine said that why she had relation with Adam.She said that in absence of Orin,she need anyone's love ,as he don't love Ezra . She said that in the absence of Orin I made an affair. I feel lonely and I need someone company which I found in Adam . She developed an extra marital affair with Adam . She love him and with the help of her lover she kills her husband,she gave a poison to him it is claimed.She doesn't feel any love feeling or sympathy towards her husband. She wants to kill and spent her life with Adam.she was not respected by her . Both attracted towards Adam. So, Lavinia don't want Adam's relation with Christine.Orin -sun of Ezra and Christian Mannon he loves her mother. Here we find Oedipus complex that son loves her mother. He is never going against his mother. He always following her.He was more attracted towards her and didn't want to loose her. He want her father's place in mother's life . When he comes to know about her mother's affair he kill Adam . After he was not happy he write the history of Mannon family and he also writes that the real criminal ,or main person behind some death ,the only reason behind this all ,was Lavinia. He acclaimed Lavinia as a sinner. Here I thought that if Christine loves Adam than why she can't rid of Orin. Why she wants put control on Orin. Why she can't leave Orin? Why she is not accepting the reality of her relation with Adam . Why she is pretending as she was connected or loves to Orin ?
2] Lavinia :-
Lavinia was a daughter of Ezra Manon and Christine Mannon . She was beautiful and jealous girl. Here with Lavinia's Character we find Electra complex that daughter loves father.She don't like her mother or hatred when she comes to know about her mother's affair. She was more attracted towards her father. She wants to take place of her mother in her father's life. She was always waiting for father. She reject or refuse for marriage or purposal of Peter who loves her and want to get married.She was always try to reveal the truth of Christine infront of father and Orin. Once, she looked Christine with Adam and then she argues with her. Adam was also attracted towards Lavinia . Adam has not good intention as he had an affair with mother and daughter.She said that "Father needs me " , that she can't married with Peter. When Ezra dies than she wants to take revenge from Christine . When Orin comes back from the war she tells truth about Christine, first he don't accept or believe. Lavinia wants kill Adam lover of her mother.She don't get place in Ezra's life ,she don't like her mother and she also make a plan to kill Adam through the hand of Orin. She claim that Christine was the main reason for this all bad situation. She has kill her husband,then had an affair with Adam ,and keeps orin into control. She believes that her mother was responsible for this all.She don't want to be happy or neither she can see happy to her mother. At the end she is not happy or don't get Happiness to other. All knows about her private and dangerous motif to kill Adam and don't need her mother. When Orin writes history of Mannon family then he claimed Lavinia as responsible person for all tragedy.At the end,she remains alone and whatever she wish she can't get it .
3] Adam Brante :-
He was an young and handsome boy,who came from the Mannon families 's past background. He came with a hide motif ,he hasn't good intention. He comes to take revenge. As he try to play with mother and daughter.With mingling Christine he kills Ezra Mannon. After death of Ezra ,when Orin comes back ,than he was also killed by Orin ,as Lavinia told to him.
4] . Orin :-
A young and lovely son of Ezra and Christian Mannon. He was more attracted towards his mother,as he is suffering from Electra complex. He loves alot her mother and he don't want to loose and to be with her . He want to spent his full life with mother. He want to take place of his father in his mother's life. When he comes from was he was very happy to meet his mother. He don't respect more or attracted towards her father.She believe only in Christine . When he comes to know about her mother's affair with Adam he was tored. He can't accept it and Don't want to accept it. He got angry on her mother that why she has an affair with our enemies . He was told to kill Adam and he has done. He kills Adam and Christian don't likes this ,she is arguing Orin that why you killed him ,now with who l lived ,I can't lived,it was my love.etc....When Christine died after that he writes history of Mannon family and he proves or give some Points which prove Lavinia as a criminal of all things.
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