Orin Mannon

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Orin Mannon is a central character in Eugene O’Neill’s trilogy *Mourning Becomes Electra*, a psychologically tormented war veteran whose guilt and obsession drive much of the drama’s tragic action.

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Orin Mannon canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic character
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Mourning Becomes Electra
appearsInPart Home
The Haunted
The Hunted
basedOn Orestes
causeOfDeath suicide
centralThemeRelation family curse
guilt
incestuous desire
revenge
createdBy Eugene O’Neill
linked to: Eugene O'Neill
diesInWork Mourning Becomes Electra
dramaticFunction embodiment of inherited guilt
vehicle for Freudian themes
familyName Mannon
gender male
genreOfWorkAppearsIn tragedy
hasConflictWith Christine Mannon
Lavinia Mannon
hasFamilyMember Christine Mannon
Ezra Mannon
Lavinia Mannon
hasFather Ezra Mannon
hasMoralAlignment morally conflicted
hasMother Christine Mannon
hasOccupation soldier
hasPsychologicalCondition survivor guilt
war trauma
hasRelationshipWith Hazel Niles
hasSister Lavinia Mannon
hasTrait emotionally unstable
guilt-ridden
jealous
obsessive
psychologically tormented
hasUnrequitedLoveFrom Hazel Niles
inspiredByWork The Oresteia
linked to: Oresteia
narrativeFunction agent of revenge
tragic protagonist
nationality American
participatedIn American Civil War
roleInWork central character
settingPeriod post–American Civil War era
settingPlace New England

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Homecoming mainCharacter Orin Mannon
The Hunted mainCharacter Orin Mannon
The Haunted mainCharacter Orin Mannon
Christine Mannon hasChild Orin Mannon
Christine Mannon isAntagonistTo Orin Mannon
Ezra Mannon child Orin Mannon