Question

In a play, this character first appears dumping trash at the feet of a statue called a “God of Death.” In one adaptation, this character mocks the idea of recognizing someone from his footprints or clothes and instead recognizes him from a scar from chasing a deer. In a 1943 play, (20[1])this character accepts guilt as an example of “bad faith” and is chased off stage by a buzzing sound. While this character is giving (*) libations to a grave, she recognizes (10[1])a stranger (10[1])after finding a lock (10[1])of hair. This character dances in a white (10[1])gown on top of a cave (10[1])in Jean-Paul Sartre’s The Flies. For 10 points, name this (10[1])character who plots with her brother to kill their mother Clytemnestra (10[2])in Aeschylus’s (10[2])Oresteia ■END■ (10[14])

ANSWER: Electra (The first line is The Flies. The second line is from Euripides.)
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