Eumaeus uses saddening phrases such as “cut off from the world” (421) and “eat him out of house and home” (423) to create a depressing and frustrating tone against the suitors who fraud their way to riches. The use of personification of the “whirlwinds” (421) ripping Odysseus away shows that Eumaeus has bereavement for Odysseus and has no hope in him coming back to Ithaca because of his imagination of Odysseus being taken him away by the whirlwinds. Ithaca.When the people of the town “crowd the messenger, cross-examine him, heartsick for their long-lost lord” (423), the actions and description of the them create a sorrowful tone because of their desperation for a morsel of information on Odysseus, but they never find any news that is satisfying to their
Eumaeus uses saddening phrases such as “cut off from the world” (421) and “eat him out of house and home” (423) to create a depressing and frustrating tone against the suitors who fraud their way to riches. The use of personification of the “whirlwinds” (421) ripping Odysseus away shows that Eumaeus has bereavement for Odysseus and has no hope in him coming back to Ithaca because of his imagination of Odysseus being taken him away by the whirlwinds. Ithaca.When the people of the town “crowd the messenger, cross-examine him, heartsick for their long-lost lord” (423), the actions and description of the them create a sorrowful tone because of their desperation for a morsel of information on Odysseus, but they never find any news that is satisfying to their