The Haunted

E934458

The Haunted is the final play in Eugene O’Neill’s trilogy Mourning Becomes Electra, dramatizing the psychological and moral aftermath of a family’s cycle of betrayal, murder, and guilt.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The Haunted canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Eugene O’Neill ⓘ
linked to: Eugene O'Neill
basedOn The Oresteia ⓘ
linked to: Oresteia
belongsToWork Mourning Becomes Electra trilogy ⓘ
centralConflict Lavinia and Orin’s struggle with inherited guilt and desire for expiation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dramaticFunction conclusion of the Mannon family saga ⓘ
dramaticMode realist tragedy ⓘ
firstPerformance 1931 ⓘ
firstPerformanceOfTrilogy 1931 Broadway production of Mourning Becomes Electra ⓘ
follows The Hunted ⓘ
genre family drama ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasTrilogyPart Homecoming ⓘ
The Hunted ⓘ
inspiredBy Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy ⓘ
linked to: Oresteia
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement modernist drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Christine Mannon ⓘ
Lavinia Mannon ⓘ
Orin Mannon ⓘ
narrativeFocus aftermath of betrayal and murder in the Mannon family ⓘ
notableFor Freudian influence in character motivations ⓘ
intense psychological characterization ⓘ
updating Greek tragedy to an American setting ⓘ
originalMedium stage ⓘ
partOf Mourning Becomes Electra ⓘ
partOfCycle family cycle of betrayal, murder, and guilt ⓘ
precededBy The Hunted ⓘ
seriesPosition third play in the Mourning Becomes Electra trilogy ⓘ
setting New England ⓘ
settingTime post-American Civil War era ⓘ
structure three-act play ⓘ
theme family curse ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
incestuous desire ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
psychological trauma ⓘ
retribution ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
writer Eugene O’Neill ⓘ
linked to: Eugene O'Neill

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mourning Becomes Electra → hasPart → The Haunted ⓘ
Geoffrey Lewis → notableWork → The Haunted ⓘ
Peter Stein → notableWork → The Haunted ⓘ
Homecoming → hasSequel → The Haunted ⓘ
Christine Mannon → appearsInPart → The Haunted ⓘ
Orin Mannon → appearsInPart → The Haunted ⓘ