Taking Bearings
Taking Bearings
This chapter discusses the approaches Sophocles used in writing Greek tragedy. It shows that Sophocles used a political approach in his play Electra, which deals with the displacement of legitimate heirs of a kingdom by a usurper who married their mother. It also highlights how Sophocles' tragedies are represented in a post-classical staging, whilst maintaining the social and political relevance that his plays embody.
Keywords: Greek tragedy, Sophocles, Electra, post-classical staging, social relevance, political relevance
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