Does Penelope Deserve In The Odyssey

Have you ever read a book or watched a show and thought, “gee I sure wish this guy would just get what he deserves, he is really asking for it?” Sometimes it can get very annoying. Apparently Homer felt the same way. This helped greatly in making The Odyssey more enjoyable to read. Homer did a very good job of giving people what they deserved in the end.
Since one of Homer’s main themes throughout the book is people getting what they deserve it is only fitting that the main character, Odysseus should have his fair share of what he deserves. Since he had a bad case of pride it was only right that he was punished for that. And punished for it he was. He spent twenty long years away from his beloved home because of his pride. But since Odysseus was faithful to Penelope, and was always ready for everything, he made it home and was able to wreak revenge on the suitors. This Odysseus definitely deserved for his strength and cunning through all of his troubles.
And then there is Penelope. She definitely does not deserve the troubles that she has to put up with in the beginning of the story. In the end, though, Odysseus returns and kills the suitors, which is what Penelope has been waiting for since the suitors first came to …show more content…
He was the lead spokesperson and the most argumentative and worst behaved of all the suitors. He was the one who spoke out against and makes fun of Telemachus when Telemachus addresses Ithaca. When Odysseus returns Antinoos was one of the only suitors not to give him food in his beggar form. And since Antinoos was the first of the suitors, his death was well suited. To start the killing of the suitors Odysseus shoots Antinoos in the throat. This death was especially fitting because first off Antinoos was not only a mean person but mainly he was the spokesperson and leader of the group. So he was definitely dealt what he deserved; the first death and not being able to speak in