Orin Mannon

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Orin Mannon is a central character in Eugene O’Neill’s trilogy *Mourning Becomes Electra*, a psychologically tormented war veteran whose guilt and obsession drive much of the drama’s tragic action.

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Orin Mannon canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Mourning Becomes Electra ⓘ
appearsInPart Home ⓘ
The Haunted ⓘ
The Hunted ⓘ
basedOn Orestes ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
centralThemeRelation family curse ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
incestuous desire ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
createdBy Eugene O’Neill ⓘ
linked to: Eugene O'Neill
diesInWork Mourning Becomes Electra ⓘ
dramaticFunction embodiment of inherited guilt ⓘ
vehicle for Freudian themes ⓘ
familyName Mannon ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearsIn tragedy ⓘ
hasConflictWith Christine Mannon ⓘ
Lavinia Mannon ⓘ
hasFamilyMember Christine Mannon ⓘ
Ezra Mannon ⓘ
Lavinia Mannon ⓘ
hasFather Ezra Mannon ⓘ
hasMoralAlignment morally conflicted ⓘ
hasMother Christine Mannon ⓘ
hasOccupation soldier ⓘ
hasPsychologicalCondition survivor guilt ⓘ
war trauma ⓘ
hasRelationshipWith Hazel Niles ⓘ
hasSister Lavinia Mannon ⓘ
hasTrait emotionally unstable ⓘ
guilt-ridden ⓘ
jealous ⓘ
obsessive ⓘ
psychologically tormented ⓘ
hasUnrequitedLoveFrom Hazel Niles ⓘ
inspiredByWork The Oresteia ⓘ
linked to: Oresteia
narrativeFunction agent of revenge ⓘ
tragic protagonist ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
participatedIn American Civil War ⓘ
roleInWork central character ⓘ
settingPeriod post–American Civil War era ⓘ
settingPlace New England ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Homecoming → mainCharacter → Orin Mannon ⓘ
The Hunted → mainCharacter → Orin Mannon ⓘ
The Haunted → mainCharacter → Orin Mannon ⓘ
Christine Mannon → hasChild → Orin Mannon ⓘ
Christine Mannon → isAntagonistTo → Orin Mannon ⓘ
Ezra Mannon → child → Orin Mannon ⓘ