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leads to his downfall. Facing opposition from within his own being is part of the inner struggle that Orestes must addresses throughout the dialogue with his mother, Clytemnestra.
The fate that governs her life also controls the actions associated with her troubled existence; being both underhanded and manipulative, Clytemnestra never dreams she would need to call upon the
very depths of her heart in order to plead for her own life. However, as time progresses, Orestes inevitably learns that he, too, possesses a significant flaw and ultimately
succumbs to the burdens of emotion that fate has already provided for him. Electras father, Agamemnon, is her source of motivation for all
life. Her dedication to him surpasses no other, whether it plays a part in family rituals or just the basic interaction between a father and daughter. After his
death, Electra experiences severe emotional disturbances caused by her sudden displacement and the imprisonment she is forced to endure at the hands of her mother, Clytemnestra. It is the
awful separation from everything Electra has come to know and love, coupled with the devastating loss of her father, that establishes the significant psychological and emotional loss she withstands.
It ultimately comes to pass that Electra begins to plot Clytemnestras death to help rid herself of her own suffering. She can no longer tolerate the oppressive abuse, the
displacement or the painful separation from her father. It is with great courage that Electra and her brother Orestes conspire a plot to
kill their mother. However, the dialogue between Orestes and Clytemnestra provides the bases of the storys underlying love/hate theme, where the love this mother and son feel for each