The mourning of Electra on American soil (Aeschylus, Eugene O'Neill, 'Oresteia')

America has known, over the years, a number of 'Electras', more or less innovative, or faithful to the Greek model. When he wrote his own version, Mourning Becomes Electra, in 1931, Eugene O'Neill wanted to write 'a modern psychological play, fate springing out of the family'. In spite of some melodramatic elements of the predominance of 'gloom' over 'doom', and of 'sorrow' over 'mourning', and even thought 'genes' can't replace 'genos', there are moments in which the rebellion, the 'splendid failure' or two strong women transcends the anecdote and achieves tragic beauty.