Electra · Character

Electra

Agamemnon's daughter, who refuses to stop mourning or stop accusing, keeping the murdered king's memory alive like an open wound in the palace.

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Also known as Electra Dawn, Electra Bitter constraint, Electra Success, Electra Woe, Electra Hark, Electra O King Apollo, Electra Brother, Electra Thou, Electra E'en

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Electra lingers in the house of her father's killers, unwed and degraded, while her mother rules beside Aegisthus. She clings to grief with a fierceness the Chorus calls fruitless, insisting that forgetting would be a second murder, and she waits obsessively for her exiled brother Orestes to return. Her refusal to bend makes her the play's engine: every confrontation over the tomb, the offerings, and the throne runs through her unappeasable memory.

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Family
Rivalry
Friendship

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Victims and Avengers
Protagonist
Divine and Mortal Agents

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Relationships

Orestes
family · positive
Chrysothemis
family · ambivalent
Aegisthus
rivalry · negative
Pylades
friendship · positive
Agamemnon
family · positive
Artemis
psychological · ambivalent
Menelaus
family · negative
Orestes
family · positive
Chrysothemis
family · ambivalent
Pylades
friendship · positive
Aegisthus
rivalry · negative
Orestes
family · positive

Orestes
Siblings bound by a shared mission of vengeance against their mother and stepfather for their father's murder.
Chrysothemis
Sisters with opposing views on justice and resistance, leading to tension and emotional conflict.
Aegisthus
Electra despises Aegisthus as her father's killer and the tyrant ruling her household.
Pylades
Trusted ally of Electra's brother, respected by Electra for his loyalty to their cause.
Agamemnon
Father and daughter, with Electra's grief and rage over his murder defining her entire existence.
Artemis
Goddess associated with Electra's suffering and the sacrificial past of the family, invoked in lament.
Menelaus
Uncle and niece, with Electra viewing Menelaus as a potential ally who ultimately fails to help.
Orestes
Siblings bound by a shared mission of vengeance against their mother and stepfather for their father's murder.
Chrysothemis
Sisters with opposing views on justice and resistance, leading to tension and emotional conflict.
Pylades
Trusted ally of Electra's brother, respected by Electra for his loyalty to their cause.
Aegisthus
Electra despises Aegisthus as her father's killer and the tyrant ruling her household.
Orestes
Siblings bound by a shared mission of vengeance against their mother and stepfather for their father's murder.

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