ELECTRA by: Sophocles
We are presented with a world where a family’s perfect reputation has been destroyed: by lies, manipulation, murder and adultery. There is a search by some of the characters to reach a sense of balance and justification for their actions.
The characters’ search for balance leads to their demise. Clytemnestra attempts to justify her murder of Agamemnon because he sacrificed her daughter and validate her affair because Agamemnon never really loved her.
Electra attempts to honor the death of her father through very expressive grief which is bridled by her mother as well as her own inner turmoil. Her desire for revenge allows her to finally break through those restraints when she and Orestes commit their crime. By avenging one murder with two others Electra and Orestes further destroy their family.
The use of asymmetry in the clothing is repetitive to help display the awkward quest for balance. Garments with a restricting feel to them help symbolize
Electra’s trapped feeling. The color palette is infused with red accents to help convey the vengeance in the characters involved. Clean off-white to peach colors for the chorus help convey their neutrality and balance within the story.
The characters’ search for balance leads to their demise. Clytemnestra attempts to justify her murder of Agamemnon because he sacrificed her daughter and validate her affair because Agamemnon never really loved her.
Electra attempts to honor the death of her father through very expressive grief which is bridled by her mother as well as her own inner turmoil. Her desire for revenge allows her to finally break through those restraints when she and Orestes commit their crime. By avenging one murder with two others Electra and Orestes further destroy their family.
The use of asymmetry in the clothing is repetitive to help display the awkward quest for balance. Garments with a restricting feel to them help symbolize
Electra’s trapped feeling. The color palette is infused with red accents to help convey the vengeance in the characters involved. Clean off-white to peach colors for the chorus help convey their neutrality and balance within the story.