# Gender and Power in Electra

> Theme guide for Electra by Sophocles.

Electra's defiance of her mother and Aegisthus challenges traditional female roles, while Clytemnestra's rule and her justification for murdering Agamemnon explore female agency and the consequences of usurping male authority.

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