# Familial Loyalty and Betrayal in Electra

> Theme guide for Electra by Sophocles.

The play explores the breakdown of family bonds, as Clytemnestra and Aegisthus betray and murder Agamemnon, while Electra and Orestes remain fiercely loyal to their father's memory, ultimately leading to matricide.

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