Mourning Becomes Electra
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Mourning Becomes Electra is a trilogy of plays by Eugene O'Neill that transposes the themes and plot of Aeschylus's Oresteia into a post–Civil War New England family drama.
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Target entity: Mourning Becomes Electra Context triple: [Eugene O'Neill, notableWork, Mourning Becomes Electra]
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Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
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Our Town
Our Town is a classic 1940 American drama film adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s play, directed by Sam Wood and celebrated for its poignant portrayal of small-town life and universal human experiences.
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Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night is a landmark autobiographical drama by Eugene O’Neill that portrays a single day of escalating conflict and addiction within a troubled American family.
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D.
Suddenly, Last Summer
"Suddenly, Last Summer" is a 1959 psychological drama film, based on Tennessee Williams' play, that explores themes of mental illness, repression, and family secrets.
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Elektra
Elektra is a 2005 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character, serving as a spin-off from the 2003 movie Daredevil.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Mourning Becomes Electra Target entity description: Mourning Becomes Electra is a trilogy of plays by Eugene O'Neill that transposes the themes and plot of Aeschylus's Oresteia into a post–Civil War New England family drama.
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A.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
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B.
Our Town
Our Town is a classic 1940 American drama film adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s play, directed by Sam Wood and celebrated for its poignant portrayal of small-town life and universal human experiences.
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C.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night is a landmark autobiographical drama by Eugene O’Neill that portrays a single day of escalating conflict and addiction within a troubled American family.
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D.
Suddenly, Last Summer
"Suddenly, Last Summer" is a 1959 psychological drama film, based on Tennessee Williams' play, that explores themes of mental illness, repression, and family secrets.
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E.
Elektra
Elektra is a 2005 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character, serving as a spin-off from the 2003 movie Daredevil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
play trilogy
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Eugene O'Neill ⓘ |
| basedOn | Oresteia ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Aeschylus ⓘ |
| characterCorrespondsTo |
Christine Mannon – Clytemnestra archetype
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Ezra Mannon – Agamemnon archetype ⓘ Lavinia Mannon – Electra archetype ⓘ Orin Mannon – Orestes archetype ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Eugene O'Neill ⓘ |
| dramaticCycle | Oresteia reinterpretation ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | verse and prose drama ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
drama
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tragedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Mourning Becomes Electra (film)
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linked to:
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra (television film) ⓘ
linked to:
Mourning Becomes Electra
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| hasPart |
Homecoming
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The Haunted ⓘ The Hunted ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American Civil War aftermath
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Puritan heritage in New England ⓘ incestuous desire ⓘ war trauma ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Greek tragedy ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Christine Mannon
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Ezra Mannon ⓘ Lavinia Mannon ⓘ Orin Mannon ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Mannon family home
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linked to:
Bates family mansion
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| notableFor | transposing Oresteia to post–Civil War New England ⓘ |
| notableProduction | 1931 Broadway production ⓘ |
| numberOfParts | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| publisher | Horace Liveright ⓘ |
| setting | New England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post–American Civil War era ⓘ |
| structure | trilogy ⓘ |
| theme |
family conflict
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guilt ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | late 1860s ⓘ |
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Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
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Kathleen Jenkins
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Ezra Mannon – Agamemnon archetype
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Eugene O’Neill’s trilogy Mourning Becomes Electra
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