Auto-biographical elements in “Mourning Becomes Electra”

• Paper: The American literature

• Presented By: Poojaba Jadeja

• Roll No.: 20

• Year: 2014, semester 3rd

• Submitted to: Smt. S.B. GuardyDepartment of English, Maharaja Krishnkumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

Auto-biographical elements in

“Mourning Becomes Electra”

Eugene O’Neill as an auto-biographical writer• Pessimism in his plays

‘Desire Under the Elms’

‘Long Day’s journey into night’

‘Mourning Becomes Electra’

• Death and Murders in his plays

Eight suicides,

Twelve important murders,

Twenty six deaths,

Eight cases of insanity

In Mourning Becomes ElectraO’Neill’s pessimistic life

• Deaths and Suicides

Dark, gloomy atmosphere of the play

• Suicide of Christiana and Orin, Murder of Adam, death of Ezra

Failure of relationships

• Parents marital problems

Unhealthy, relations in the play

• Oedipus, Electra complex

• Hatred among family members

Love for sea Sea journey in the play

• Orin & Lavinia’s voyage

• Orin’s dream island

Orin’s Oedipus complex

His brother’s devotion

to his mother

Lavinia’s survival

O'Neill's survival

Characters Struggling for love