She did this because family was her priority and she wanted to make sure that since her brother passed away, that he did so in peace. In Elektra, she had an extreme case of nomos when she decided that the best plan of action with dealing with her father’s murder was to kill her mother without asking for an explanation. Elektra was so loyal to her father that she murdered her mother to avenge Agamemnon’s death. Nomos was a strong fixture for the Greek culture that held everyone to a standard of having to fulfill certain duties, similar to the idea of karma. This is why Elektra and Antigone are so similar, because they share this strong sense of nomos which causes them to do whatever necessary to fulfill this moral
She did this because family was her priority and she wanted to make sure that since her brother passed away, that he did so in peace. In Elektra, she had an extreme case of nomos when she decided that the best plan of action with dealing with her father’s murder was to kill her mother without asking for an explanation. Elektra was so loyal to her father that she murdered her mother to avenge Agamemnon’s death. Nomos was a strong fixture for the Greek culture that held everyone to a standard of having to fulfill certain duties, similar to the idea of karma. This is why Elektra and Antigone are so similar, because they share this strong sense of nomos which causes them to do whatever necessary to fulfill this moral