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Josiah Borden
Emma Borden is Josiah Borden’s wife and one of the chorus of villagers in The Hunted. Though the trilogy treats Emma with a slightly mocking touch, poking fun at her tendency to gossip, she is also one of the only characters (outside of Lavinia) to suspect that there is something strange in the way Christine responds to Ezra’s death. Emma’s greater level of insight might suggest that, in the plays, women are more attuned to the way Christine manipulates the people around her than men are.
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Emma Borden Character Timeline in Mourning Becomes Electra
The timeline below shows where the character Emma Borden appears in Mourning Becomes Electra. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Hunted: Act 1
...works as the manager of the Mannons’ shipping company. He is joined by his wife Emma, the local minister Everett Hills, and doctor Joseph Blake, the Mannons’ elderly, kindly family physician....
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Emma is also skeptical of several of Christine’s requests. First, she seems desperate to avoid having...
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