The role of emotions to understan d the centrality of Electra in Sophocles’ tragedy

Authors

  • Benjamín Franzani Universidad de Los Andes

Abstract

To center the study of Sophocles’ Electra in the emotion which characterizes the protagonist allows us to give a sense of unity to the play and to understand the relationships which occur between the characters in behalf of this emotions, which stress the central role that Electra displays in the play, until the point that interest is not so much in the plot as in the ethos of its protagonist.

Keywords:

Emotional community, Emotions, Hatred, Anger, Grief, Judgment, Cognitivism, Reception, Orality

Author Biography

Benjamín Franzani, Universidad de Los Andes

Correspondencia: Benjamín Franzani García
Email: Correo: bfranzani@uandes.cl
Universidad de los Andes - Chile
ID Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4819-986X