Mourning Becomes Electra : Movie Review

      In understanding the concept of the subject it is already proven that audio - visuals helps more than mere reading. But it doesn't mean one should stop reading. So, on 24 September we had film screening of the movie Mourning becomes Electra.

         Mourning Becomes Electra is a 1947 American drama film by Dudley Nicholsadapted from the 1931 Eugene O'Neill play Mourning Becomes Electra. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou, Leo Genn and Kirk Douglas.( Wikipedia)

       Most of the setting remains authentic to   the original play.  But that mythical context we doesn't find in the movie. Another things is that it is an old movie which becomes the reason of boredom between the screening. 

       As there are three parts in the text same way in movie also it represents the all three parts. Like Homecoming,  Hunted and Haunted. 

        The main theme of the work represents the matrix of the relationship. 

Household things : From the starting of the movie we can find that common things which remains present in all the families. Same way in movie also mannons behaves the same.   

Web of deceit :  During whole movie we finds that all characters behaves differently. Most of the time they all cheats each other. That thing Adam represents very well, because he acts as he loves Christine. But actually he wants to take revenge. 

Incest :  The theme of incest represents sexual relationship between family members. Here in movie Adam relationship with Christine,  Orin's relationship with Christine, Lavinia's relationship with her father. In a way all has nothing to do with the relation. 

Electra complex : This complex we finds in Lavinia. Who never likes her mother meets to her father. At one stage she says that : I wants to wife of my father. 

Oedipus complex : For Orin his mother should be with him forever. He wants to go away with his mother. 

Death :  Yes,  as most of the characters dies in the movie so we can say that the theme of the death remains in the center.  At the end of the movie only Seth -Gardner and Lavinia - locks herself from the outer world,  remains alive. 

              Thus,  we can say that this screening of the film helps a lot in developing the understanding. 

                                            Thank you...