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Mourning Becomes Electra
Eugene O'Neill
Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
"Homecoming": Act I, Scene One, Part I
"Homecoming": Act I, Scene One, Part Two
"Homecoming": Act II
"Homecoming": Act III
"Homecoming": Act IV
"The Hunted":Act I
"The Hunted": Act II
"The Hunted": Act III
"The Hunted": Act IV
"The Hunted": Act V
"The Haunted": Act I, Scene One
"The Haunted": Act I, Scene Two
"The Haunted": Act II
"The Haunted": Act III
"The Haunted": Act IV
Characters
Character List
Lavinia Mannon
Orin Mannon
Christine Mannon
Ezra Mannon
Adam Brant
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Plot Overview
'Homecoming': Act 1, Scene One, Part 1
'Homecoming': Act 1, Scene One, Part Two
'Homecoming': Act 2
'Homecoming': Act 3
'Homecoming': Act 4
'The Hunted':Act 1
'The Hunted': Act 2
'The Hunted': Act 3
'The Hunted': Act 4
'The Hunted': Act 5
'The Haunted': Act 1, Scene One
'The Haunted': Act 1, Scene Two
'The Haunted': Act 2
'The Haunted': Act 3
'The Haunted': Act 4
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Context
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
How to Cite This SparkNote
Further study
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Quiz
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Quiz
1
of 5
Who famously elaborated a theory of “Oedipal” desire?
Eugene O’Neill
Carl Jung
Friedrich Nietzsche
Sigmund Freud
2
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Where does O’Neill situate the agency that drives the plot of the plays?
With individual characters
With fate
With warring Greek gods
With socio-historical forces
3
of 5
What is the main object of mourning in the trilogy?
The decaying family house
Orin’s unrequited love
Ezra Mannon’s death
The Blessed Islands
4
of 5
What two themes are entwined in the fantasies that characters have about the Blessed Island natives?
Exile and return
Empathy and compassion
Love and hatred
Race and sex
5
of 5
___ evokes the lifelike masks that the repressed Mannons wear.
Ezra’s headstone
The Mannon house
The old oak tree
The old wagon
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CHARACTERS
Lavinia Mannon: Character Analysis
MAIN IDEAS
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