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Euripides’ Electra

Euripides’ Electra. Plot Summary. I. Prologue by the Farmer (1-53) A. Agamemnon’s death (1-10) B. Electra and Orestes (21-34) C. Himself (35-53) II. Dialogue between Electra and the Farmer (54-81) III. Orestes returns (81-111) A. Backstory (81-89) B. Agamemnon’s tomb (90-93).

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Euripides’ Electra

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  1. Euripides’ Electra

  2. Plot Summary • I. Prologue by the Farmer (1-53) • A. Agamemnon’s death (1-10) • B. Electra and Orestes (21-34) • C. Himself (35-53) • II. Dialogue between Electra and the Farmer (54-81) • III. Orestes returns (81-111) • A. Backstory (81-89) • B. Agamemnon’s tomb (90-93)

  3. Plot Summary (cont.) • C. His plan (94-106) • D. Electra’s approach (107-111) • IV. Choral song and parodos (112-214) • A. Electra’s mourning song (112-166) • B. Parodos with Electra: The chorus tries to convince her to join a girls’ festival honoring Hera; she refuses (167-214) • V. First meeting with Orestes (215-338) • A. Orestes (disguised) tells Electra her brother is still alive (220-236)

  4. Plot Summary (cont.) • B. Electra tells of her life and of the kind farmer (237-271) • C. Electra longs for murder (272-281) • D. Electra describes how she might recognize Orestes (282-287) • E. Orestes learns more about the current situation (288-338) • VI. The farmer returns (339-431) • A. He learns the news and welcomes “the strangers” (339-363)

  5. Plot Summary (cont.) • B. Orestes praises him and goes inside (364-400) • C. Electra sends the farmer to fetch Agamemnon’s old servant (401-431) • VII. Stasimon on the Trojan war (431-486) • VIII. Recognition (487-595) • A. The old man arrives and tells Electra of the signs at the grave (487-546) • 1. The hair (508-531) • 2. The footprints (532-537) • 3. The cloth (538-546)

  6. Plot Summary (cont.) • B. Orestes and Electra united (547-595) • 1. The old man, then Electra, recognize the scar (547-584) • 2. Celebratory choral song (585-595) • IX. They plot their revenge (596-698) • A. Old Man: they will have no help from others (596-611) • B. Old Man: they cannot do it inside the city (612-617) • C. Old Man: Orestes can kill Ægisthus at a sacrificial feast (618-639)

  7. Plot Summary (cont.) • D. Electra: I’ll lure mother here and kill her myself (640-667) • E. They prey to Zeus, Hera, and Agamemnon’s ghost for aid, then begin (668-698) • X. Stasimon (699-746) • XI. The Murder of Ægisthus (747-961) • A. Messenger arrives announcing Ægisthus’ death (747-773) • B. Messenger Speech (774-858) • C. Electra and the chorus rejoice (859-879)

  8. Plot Summary (cont.) • D. Orestes returns with the body (880-899) • E. Electra taunts Ægisthus’ corpse (900-961) • XII. The Murder of Clytemnestra (962-1171) • A. Electra talks Orestes into following through with the murder (962-987) • B. Clytemnestra arrives (988-1010) • C. Rhetorical debate (1011-1122) • 1. Clytemnestra defends herself (1011-1054) • a. Introduction (1011-1017) • b. The murder of Iphigenia (1018-1019) • c. Cassandra (1030-1034)

  9. Plot Summary (cont.) • d. The double-standard (1035-1050) • 2. Interlude (1051-1059) • 3. Electra responds (1060-1096) • a. Your pretense of innocence is false (1051-1085) • b. Your rejection of your children is inexcusable (1086-1096) • 4. Further debate, some in stichomythia (1097-1122) • 5. Clytemnestra enters the house to make a birth-sacrifice for her daughter (1123-1146) • D. Stasimon (1147-1163) • E. Clytemnestra is murdered (1164-1171)

  10. Plot Summary (cont.) • XIII. Orestes and Electra exclaim their guilt (1172-1232) • XIV. Deus ex machina (1233-1359) • A. The Dioscuri foretell the future (1233-1291) • B. All mortals acquiesce and mourn (1292-1341) • C. The Dioscuri depart (1342-1356) • D. Choral coda (1357-1359)

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