Watch the opening scene of Elektra (1962)
Identify the four main characters
Agamemnon
Clytemnestra
Orestes
Elektra
What can you guess about the relationship between each of the four characters?
What about the others in the scene - what do you notice about them?
What will happen in the next scene?
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Murder scene
Who murders Agamemnon?
Why?
What happens to Orestes?
What happens to Elektra?
Final scenes
Why has Clytemnestra come to visit Elektra?
Who murders Clytemnestra?
In what ways is this scene mirroring the murder of Agamemnon?
General discussion
Is this film showing telling the story from a modern point of view?
How might this story be told from a feminist perspective?
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