difficult life he leads, to which Electra only further contributes, the Farmer's resolve never falters while she is with him. He remains true to his principles until fading away early in the play without so much as ever being given a name. In stark contrast, Orestes, whom (by the society in which this play is set) is considered a noble, and his sister Electra, also a noble by birth, commit a string of homicides and ultimately murder their own Mother. This play has not survived for thousands of years because of the Farmer. It became and has remained a popular work because of the unthinkable acts and atrocities of which it tells tale. Like much of Greek mythology, Electra is filled with little more than pain, suffering, and lessons learned "the hard way". This play appeals to the reader/viewer's subconscious infatuation with the tragic while at the same time conveying a moral, albeit it
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