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Electra by Hugo Von Hofmannsthal is a modernist adaptation of Sophocles’s ancient Greek myth, focusing on Electra’s quest for vengeance against her mother, Klytaemnestra, and stepfather, Aegisth, who murdered her father, King Agamemnon. Covertly guided by the return of her banished brother, Orest, the plot intensifies as emotions, familial betrayal, and a pursuit of justice dominate the narrative.