Electra and Cordelia: Wild Women in Classical Literature
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https://doi.org/10.26821/IJSRC.13.7.2025.130703Keywords:
Classical, Literature, Women, WildAbstract
This paper explores the archetypal construction of a feminine resistance through a comparative analysis of Sophocles’ Electra and Shakespeare’s King Lear. The “Wild Woman” as theorized by Clarissa Pinkola Estés and rooted in Jungian psychology, argues that both characters, Electra and Cordelia, embody the intuitive and morally grounded models of the feminine psyche that defy preexisting patriarchal constraints within their distinct historical and literary contexts.
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