Name: Vora HirvaThe American LiteratureCritical AnalysisMourning Becomes Electra

The primary myth- Oedipus

The Mannon House and its History.

(1) The role of Fate.

(2) House- the symbol of repression.

(3) It looks like incongruous white mask.

(4) Whited sepulcher.

Rivalries: Family splitted into two houses!

Legitimate Dispossessed

Blessed Island!

Racial Fantasy.Incestuous relations.mother-son relations.Rivalries.Brant’s admirations for naked women.A place- where love takes place without guilt and law.Echoes of other characters.Peacefulness and security from war.  

Ezra Mannon’s Portrait

Symbolic one.Law of kinship and prohibiting incestLack of determination and managementOrin notes, ”Ezra is an statue of an

eminent dead man.’’ImproprietyIt functions as double against his alter

egos Brant and OrinRepetition of Sexual drama.

Drawbacks!

Authority of EzraCowardies of BrantAppropriation of paternal authority in

ChristineEzra’s secretEach character jealously uses others’

passionate attachment to their advantages.

Lavinia- one of the most responsible sinners

Archetype of Female TreacheryFather paternal authorityLavinia assumes her father EzraPre Oedipus complexWar as a symbolJustice of revengeSubstitution 

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