Electra and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)

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Electra and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)

Sophoclesâ€™ innovative plays transformed Greek myths into dramas featuring complex human characters, through which he explored profound moral issues. Electra portrays the grief of a young woman for her father Agamemnon, who has been killed by her motherâ€™s lover. Aeschylus and Euripides also dramatized this story, but the objectivity and humanity of Sophoclesâ€™ version provides a new perspective. Depicting the fall of a great hero, Ajax examines the enigma of power and weakness combined in one being, while the Women of Trachis portrays the tragic love and error of Heraclesâ€™ deserted wife Deianeira, and Philoctetes deals with the conflict between physical force and moral strength.

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