Electra by Sophocles

Read the full post at - Electra by Sophocles I’ve been slowly working my way through Greek tragedies, specifically Sophocles, because there’s an excellent collection available on Standard Ebooks — free, beautifully formatted, and easy to read on any device. They’re short. They’re fast. And they’re fascinating simply because of how old they are. It’s a little mind-bending to sit with art from this long ago. Electra follows the family of Agamemnon after the Battle of Troy — specifically his daughter Electra, who is consumed by grief and rage over her father’s murder and her desire for justice. What I Liked I can’t call it my favorite Greek tragedy, but it’s genuinely interesting — especially the dialogues and the character monologues. At its core, Electra is a meditation on justice. What does justice actually look like? Does a wrong plus a wrong equal a right? How do you hold space for both justice and forgiveness? What’s fate, and what’s human agency? The striking thing is that you…