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Sophocles

Electra

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 450

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Essay Topics

1.

Provide a character analysis of Electra. How does she embody traditional Greek heroine traits and values? Does she possess any character flaws?

2.

Electra has different relationships with each of her family members. Select one of these three family members—Clytemnestra, Chrysothemis, or Orestes—and analyze Electra’s relationship with them. What major themes emerge from these relationships?

3.

The bulk of the play comprises Electra’s debates with various family members. What is the role of rhetoric in these debates? What made rhetoric important in Greek culture (during Sophocles’s time)?