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* AdaptedOut: The Furies. Not just due to the updated setting, but also because [[spoiler: Orin doesn't actually kill his mother. She commits suicide.]] Though Orin's own guilt does some of their job.
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* CompositeCharacter: Orin is a combination of Orestes and Iphagenia--like the latter, he his part but not all of his mother's reason for revenge (Christine resents Ezra for sending him to war), and then must avenge his father's death.
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* CompositeCharacter: Orin is a combination of Orestes and Iphagenia--like Iphegenia--like the latter, he his is part but not all of his mother's reason for revenge (Christine resents Ezra for sending him to war), and then must avenge his father's death.
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* GreekChorus: Being an adaptation of an actual Ancient Greek play, the various townsfolk fill the role of a Greek chorus, commenting on the events of the play and the main characters' behavior.
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* GreekChorus: Being an adaptation of an actual Ancient Greek play, the various townsfolk fill the role of a Greek chorus, commenting on the events of the play and the main characters' behavior.However they are twelve individually named characters as opposed to a faceless mass.
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* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: The play itself being a modernized (circa UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar) adaptation of Creator/{{Aeschylus}}'s ''Theatre/TheOresteia'', it is swarming with Freudianism. Just for starters, Lavinia (the modern equivalent of Electra) won't shut up about how much she loves her father, and won't hear anything against him.
* DrivenToSuicide: Christine, after her children kill Brant. Orin as well when the guilt catches up to him and he realizes he and Lavinia are becoming their parents.
* EveryoneIsRelated: Adam Brant is actually the child of Ezra's uncle and a French woman, who were exiled from the house due to the scandal. Brant therefore hates Ezra because not only did his mother die when Ezra did not respond to a letter from her begging for aid, but he claims Ezra's father also lusted after her and that's the real reason his parents were exiled.
* DrivenToSuicide: Christine, after her children kill Brant. Orin as well when the guilt catches up to him and he realizes he and Lavinia are becoming their parents.
* EveryoneIsRelated: Adam Brant is actually the child of Ezra's uncle and a French woman, who were exiled from the house due to the scandal. Brant therefore hates Ezra because not only did his mother die when Ezra did not respond to a letter from her begging for aid, but he claims Ezra's father also lusted after her and that's the real reason his parents were exiled.
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* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: The play itself being a modernized (circa UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar) adaptation of Creator/{{Aeschylus}}'s ''Theatre/TheOresteia'', it is swarming with Freudianism. Just for starters, Lavinia (the modern equivalent of Electra) won't shut up about how much she loves her father, and won't hear anything against him.
him. Orin is the same, but for his mother.
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Orin initially attempts to blackmail Lavinia into not marrying Peter by giving Peter's sister Hazel an envelope with information to only be opened if Orin dies or Peter and Lavinia try to marry. Lavinia then subverts things by getting Orin to hand her the envelope instead, but Hazel still tells Peter about the envelope and warns Lavinia off herself.
* CompositeCharacter: Orin is a combination of Orestes and Iphagenia--like the latter, he his part but not all of his mother's reason for revenge (Christine resents Ezra for sending him to war), and then must avenge his father's death.
* CycleOfRevenge: Adam and Christine kill Ezra, each for their own reasons. Lavinia and Orin therefore murder Brant and tell their mother what they've done. [[spoiler: Christine then kills herself despite Orin's attempts at placation, which later leads to Orin's death.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Christine, after her children kill Brant. [[spoiler: Orin as well when the guilt catches up to him and he realizes he and Lavinia are becoming theirparents.
parents.]]
* EveryoneIsRelated: Adam Brant is actually the child of Ezra's uncle and a French woman, who were exiled from the house due to the scandal. Brant therefore hates Ezra because not only did his mother die when Ezra did not respond to a letter from her begging for aid, but he claims Ezra's father also lusted after her and that's thereal ''real'' reason his parents were exiled. exiled.
* ForegoneConclusion: Ezra's death, since he is Agamemnon's parallel. However, the story plays with the other deaths, while Adam is murdered to avenge Ezra, Christine commits suicide instead, against the wishes of Orin (the Orestes parallel). [[spoiler: Orin ''also'' commits suicide, rather than being absolved of his guilt by the gods, leaving Lavinia alone to mourn.]]
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Orin initially attempts to blackmail Lavinia into not marrying Peter by giving Peter's sister Hazel an envelope with information to only be opened if Orin dies or Peter and Lavinia try to marry. Lavinia then subverts things by getting Orin to hand her the envelope instead, but Hazel still tells Peter about the envelope and warns Lavinia off herself.
* CompositeCharacter: Orin is a combination of Orestes and Iphagenia--like the latter, he his part but not all of his mother's reason for revenge (Christine resents Ezra for sending him to war), and then must avenge his father's death.
* CycleOfRevenge: Adam and Christine kill Ezra, each for their own reasons. Lavinia and Orin therefore murder Brant and tell their mother what they've done. [[spoiler: Christine then kills herself despite Orin's attempts at placation, which later leads to Orin's death.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Christine, after her children kill Brant. [[spoiler: Orin as well when the guilt catches up to him and he realizes he and Lavinia are becoming their
* EveryoneIsRelated: Adam Brant is actually the child of Ezra's uncle and a French woman, who were exiled from the house due to the scandal. Brant therefore hates Ezra because not only did his mother die when Ezra did not respond to a letter from her begging for aid, but he claims Ezra's father also lusted after her and that's the
* ForegoneConclusion: Ezra's death, since he is Agamemnon's parallel. However, the story plays with the other deaths, while Adam is murdered to avenge Ezra, Christine commits suicide instead, against the wishes of Orin (the Orestes parallel). [[spoiler: Orin ''also'' commits suicide, rather than being absolved of his guilt by the gods, leaving Lavinia alone to mourn.]]
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* LoveTriangle: Christine implies there is one because Lavinia actually wants Brant for herself. Comes to nothing after Ezra's death, as by then Lavinia wants her mother and Brant both dead for the deed.
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* LoveTriangle: Christine implies there is one because Lavinia actually wants Brant for herself. Comes to nothing after Ezra's death, as by then Lavinia wants her mother and Brant both dead for the deed.deed...until the final scene of the play, where Lavinia accidentally calls Peter "Adam" and realizes she's as tainted as the rest of her family.
* OldDarkHouse: Subverted with the Mannon home. It's actually the ''second'' home, as late grandfather Abe Mannon destroyed the first one after his brother's scandalous marriage. Enforced by Lavinia in the end, [[spoiler: ordering Seth to board up the windows and throw out the flowers as she enters alone and shuts the door on the world.]]
* OldRetainer: Seth. Old enough to know that when David married a French woman, his father Abe not only disowned him but ''destroyed the house'' and build a new one "out of pure hate." He's also the first to suspect that Adam is related to the Mannons.
* OldRetainer: Seth. Old enough to know that when David married a French woman, his father Abe not only disowned him but ''destroyed the house'' and build a new one "out of pure hate." He's also the first to suspect that Adam is related to the Mannons.
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* SinsOfOurFathers: Adam only wants revenge because of what Ezra and (allegedly) Ezra's father did to his mother. Christine wants revenge because she loves Adam and resents Ezra for sending Orin to war. Lavinia convinces Orin they have to kill Christine because she killed Ezra on Adam's behalf.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Lavinia is the only Mannon alive at the end.]]
* TurningIntoYourParent: While the transformation mainly happens offstage between Part 2 and Part 3, Lavinia and Orin return from the South Seas the spitting images of their parents--Orin thin and stony like Ezra, and Lavinia wearing a dress the same color of green as Christine wore in the first part of the play. This horrifies Orin, who, after writing down the family's sins, [[spoiler: commits suicide.]]
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Lavinia is the only Mannon alive at the end.]]
* TurningIntoYourParent: While the transformation mainly happens offstage between Part 2 and Part 3, Lavinia and Orin return from the South Seas the spitting images of their parents--Orin thin and stony like Ezra, and Lavinia wearing a dress the same color of green as Christine wore in the first part of the play. This horrifies Orin, who, after writing down the family's sins, [[spoiler: commits suicide.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: Christine, after her children kill Brant. Orin as well when the guilt catches up to him and he realizes he and Lavinia are becoming their parents.
* EveryoneIsRelated: Adam Brant is actually the child of Ezra's uncle and a French woman, who were exiled from the house due to the scandal. Brant therefore hates Ezra because not only did his mother die when Ezra did not respond to a letter from her begging for aid, but he claims Ezra's father also lusted after her and that's the real reason his parents were exiled.
* EveryoneIsRelated: Adam Brant is actually the child of Ezra's uncle and a French woman, who were exiled from the house due to the scandal. Brant therefore hates Ezra because not only did his mother die when Ezra did not respond to a letter from her begging for aid, but he claims Ezra's father also lusted after her and that's the real reason his parents were exiled.
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* HystericalWoman: Christine uses this trope against Lavinia, claiming the loss of Ezra has driven her mad and therefore Orin should not listen to anything his sister says. Lavinia eventually has to just have Orin stalk Christine until Christine meets up with Brant to prove her side.
* LoveTriangle: Christine implies there is one because Lavinia actually wants Brant for herself. Comes to nothing after Ezra's death, as by then Lavinia wants her mother and Brant both dead for the deed.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: After killing Brant, Lavinia and Orin mess up his room so it will be mistaken that he died during a robbery.
* MedicationTampering: How Christine kills Ezra. She withholds his heart medication when he's having an episode, instead giving him poison. Lavinia learns of it with Ezra's dying words: "She's guilty--not medicine!"
* LoveTriangle: Christine implies there is one because Lavinia actually wants Brant for herself. Comes to nothing after Ezra's death, as by then Lavinia wants her mother and Brant both dead for the deed.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: After killing Brant, Lavinia and Orin mess up his room so it will be mistaken that he died during a robbery.
* MedicationTampering: How Christine kills Ezra. She withholds his heart medication when he's having an episode, instead giving him poison. Lavinia learns of it with Ezra's dying words: "She's guilty--not medicine!"
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* SecretKeeper: Lavinia initially offers to be this to her mother about her mother's adultery with Adam Brant, not telling Ezra so long as Christine never sees Brant again. Christine decides to TakeAThirdOption and just kill Ezra instead.
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The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on October 26, 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Baker as Ezra, Earle Larimore as Orin, Alice Brady as Lavinia and Alla Nazimova as Christine. In 1947 the play was [[TheFilmOfThePlay adapted for film]] by Dudley Nichols, starring Creator/RosalindRussell as Christine, Creator/RaymondMassey as Ezra, Creator/MichaelRedgrave as Orin, and Katina Paxinou as Lavinia, with Creator/KirkDouglas in one of his early roles as Lavinia's suitor Peter Niles. For their performances in the film, Redgrave and Russell received UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively.
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The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on October 26, 1931 Theatre, where it ran for 150 performances before closing in from October 1931 to March 1932, starring 1932. Lee Baker starred as Ezra, with Alla Nazimova as Christine, Earle Larimore as Orin, and Alice Brady as Lavinia Lavinia. In 1947, Dudley Nichols wrote and Alla Nazimova as Christine. In 1947 the play was directed a [[TheFilmOfThePlay adapted for film]] by Dudley Nichols, starring film adaptation]], featuring Creator/RosalindRussell as Christine, Creator/RaymondMassey as Ezra, Creator/MichaelRedgrave as Orin, and Katina Paxinou as Lavinia, with and Creator/KirkDouglas in one of his an early roles role as Lavinia's suitor Peter Niles. For their performances in the film, Redgrave and Russell received earned UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively.
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The story is a retelling of ''Theatre/TheOresteia'' by Creator/{{Aeschylus}}. It consists of three parts called "Homecoming," "The Hunted" and "The Haunted." It is set in New England in 1865, after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, in which the Mannon family, emulating the heroes of Greek tragedies, have to face their turbulent destiny in middle of a puritan society. The story narrates the return from the war of the patriarch Ezra to the Mannon family's enormous mansion, only to find a totally different world from the one he left when marching into the conflict. The other members of the Mannon family are Christine, Ezra's wife, and their children; their daughter Lavinia, and their son, First Lieutenant of Infantry Orin.
The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on October 26, 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Baker as Ezra, Earle Larimore as Orin, Alice Brady as Lavinia and Alla Nazimova as Christine. In 1947 the play was adapted for film by Dudley Nichols, starring Creator/RosalindRussell as Christine, Creator/MichaelRedgrave as Ezra, Creator/RaymondMassey as Orin, and Katina Paxinou as Lavinia, alongside Creator/KirkDouglas in one of his early roles. For theirs roles in the film, Redgrave and Russell received nominations for UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively.
The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on October 26, 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Baker as Ezra, Earle Larimore as Orin, Alice Brady as Lavinia and Alla Nazimova as Christine. In 1947 the play was adapted for film by Dudley Nichols, starring Creator/RosalindRussell as Christine, Creator/MichaelRedgrave as Ezra, Creator/RaymondMassey as Orin, and Katina Paxinou as Lavinia, alongside Creator/KirkDouglas in one of his early roles. For theirs roles in the film, Redgrave and Russell received nominations for UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively.
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The story is a retelling of ''Theatre/TheOresteia'' by Creator/{{Aeschylus}}. It consists Creator/{{Aeschylus}}, consisting of three parts called "Homecoming," "The Hunted" and "The Haunted." It is set Set in 1865 New England in 1865, after following UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, in which it centers around the Mannon family, emulating the heroes of Greek tragedies, who have to face their turbulent destiny in middle of a puritan society. The story narrates the return from the war of the patriarch Ezra patriarch, Ezra, to the Mannon family's enormous mansion, only to find a totally different world from the one he left when behind marching into the conflict. The other members of the Mannon family household are Christine, Ezra's wife, Christine, and their children; children-- their daughter daughter, Lavinia, and their son, First Lieutenant of Infantry Orin.
The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on October 26, 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Baker as Ezra, Earle Larimore as Orin, Alice Brady as Lavinia and Alla Nazimova as Christine. In 1947 the play was [[TheFilmOfThePlay adapted forfilm film]] by Dudley Nichols, starring Creator/RosalindRussell as Christine, Creator/RaymondMassey as Ezra, Creator/MichaelRedgrave as Ezra, Creator/RaymondMassey as Orin, and Katina Paxinou as Lavinia, alongside with Creator/KirkDouglas in one of his early roles. For theirs roles as Lavinia's suitor Peter Niles. For their performances in the film, Redgrave and Russell received UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations for UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively.Actress respectively.
The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on October 26, 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Baker as Ezra, Earle Larimore as Orin, Alice Brady as Lavinia and Alla Nazimova as Christine. In 1947 the play was [[TheFilmOfThePlay adapted for
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The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on October 26, 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Baker as Ezra, Earle Larimore as Orin, Alice Brady as Lavinia and Alla Nazimova as Christine. In 1947 the play was adapted for film by Dudley Nichols, starring Creator/RosalindRussell as Christine, Creator/MichaelRedgrave as Ezra, Creator/RaymondMassey as Orin, and Katina Paxinou as Lavinia, alongside Creator/KirkDouglas in one of his early roles. For theirs roles in the film, Redgrave and Russell received nominationns for UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively.
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The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on October 26, 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Baker as Ezra, Earle Larimore as Orin, Alice Brady as Lavinia and Alla Nazimova as Christine. In 1947 the play was adapted for film by Dudley Nichols, starring Creator/RosalindRussell as Christine, Creator/MichaelRedgrave as Ezra, Creator/RaymondMassey as Orin, and Katina Paxinou as Lavinia, alongside Creator/KirkDouglas in one of his early roles. For theirs roles in the film, Redgrave and Russell received nominationns nominations for UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively.
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* SettingUpdate: Went from Ancient Greece in ''The Oresteia'' to 1860s New England (specifically 1965, immediately post-Civil War) in the play.
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''Mourning Becomes Electra'' is a play written by Creator/EugeneONeill.
The story is a retelling of ''Theatre/TheOresteia'' by Creator/{{Aeschylus}}. It consists of three parts called "Homecoming," "The Hunted" and "The Haunted." It is set in New England in 1865, after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, in which the Mannon family, emulating the heroes of Greek tragedies, have to face their turbulent destiny in middle of a puritan society. The story narrates the return from the war of the patriarch Ezra to the Mannon family's enormous mansion, only to find a totally different world from the one he left when marching into the conflict. The other members of the Mannon family are Christine, Ezra's wife, and their children; their daughter Lavinia, and their son, First Lieutenant of Infantry Orin.
The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on October 26, 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Baker as Ezra, Earle Larimore as Orin, Alice Brady as Lavinia and Alla Nazimova as Christine. In 1947 the play was adapted for film by Dudley Nichols, starring Creator/RosalindRussell as Christine, Creator/MichaelRedgrave as Ezra, Creator/RaymondMassey as Orin, and Katina Paxinou as Lavinia, alongside Creator/KirkDouglas in one of his early roles. For theirs roles in the film, Redgrave and Russell received nominationns for UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively.
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!!This play and its adaptations feature examples of:
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: The play itself being a modernized (circa UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar) adaptation of Creator/{{Aeschylus}}'s ''Theatre/TheOresteia'', it is swarming with Freudianism. Just for starters, Lavinia (the modern equivalent of Electra) won't shut up about how much she loves her father, and won't hear anything against him.
* GreekChorus: Being an adaptation of an actual Ancient Greek play, the various townsfolk fill the role of a Greek chorus, commenting on the events of the play and the main characters' behavior.
* ParentalIncest: There are no actual cases on incest in ''Mourning Becomes Electra'' [[MeaningfulName (note the name)]] but the female lead character ''and'' the male (who are siblings) have serious cases of Elektra and Oedipus complexes, respectively, [[spoiler:leading to the murders of ''both'' of their parents]].
* SettingUpdate: Went from Ancient Greece in ''The Oresteia'' to 1860s New England (specifically 1965, immediately post-Civil War) in the play.
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''Mourning Becomes Electra'' is a play written by Creator/EugeneONeill.
The story is a retelling of ''Theatre/TheOresteia'' by Creator/{{Aeschylus}}. It consists of three parts called "Homecoming," "The Hunted" and "The Haunted." It is set in New England in 1865, after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, in which the Mannon family, emulating the heroes of Greek tragedies, have to face their turbulent destiny in middle of a puritan society. The story narrates the return from the war of the patriarch Ezra to the Mannon family's enormous mansion, only to find a totally different world from the one he left when marching into the conflict. The other members of the Mannon family are Christine, Ezra's wife, and their children; their daughter Lavinia, and their son, First Lieutenant of Infantry Orin.
The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on October 26, 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Baker as Ezra, Earle Larimore as Orin, Alice Brady as Lavinia and Alla Nazimova as Christine. In 1947 the play was adapted for film by Dudley Nichols, starring Creator/RosalindRussell as Christine, Creator/MichaelRedgrave as Ezra, Creator/RaymondMassey as Orin, and Katina Paxinou as Lavinia, alongside Creator/KirkDouglas in one of his early roles. For theirs roles in the film, Redgrave and Russell received nominationns for UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively.
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!!This play and its adaptations feature examples of:
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: The play itself being a modernized (circa UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar) adaptation of Creator/{{Aeschylus}}'s ''Theatre/TheOresteia'', it is swarming with Freudianism. Just for starters, Lavinia (the modern equivalent of Electra) won't shut up about how much she loves her father, and won't hear anything against him.
* GreekChorus: Being an adaptation of an actual Ancient Greek play, the various townsfolk fill the role of a Greek chorus, commenting on the events of the play and the main characters' behavior.
* ParentalIncest: There are no actual cases on incest in ''Mourning Becomes Electra'' [[MeaningfulName (note the name)]] but the female lead character ''and'' the male (who are siblings) have serious cases of Elektra and Oedipus complexes, respectively, [[spoiler:leading to the murders of ''both'' of their parents]].
* SettingUpdate: Went from Ancient Greece in ''The Oresteia'' to 1860s New England (specifically 1965, immediately post-Civil War) in the play.
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