Penelope Lively

amongst the pack. For instance, one of the wooers, Amphinomus, was constantly noted as having wisdom, and for sticking up for Odysseus. Homer writes, “more than all the rest his words were pleasing to Penelope, for he was of an understanding mind.” Out of all the wooers he was the one that Penelope cared for the most. So this poses an ethical dilemma. Should Amphinomus be subject to the same penalty as the other men? The moral answer is no. It is unfair for him to have to die. Yet there is still…

2.3.2 Mythological creatures in literary works Cannibals appear in different forms in literary works. Appointed in classics like Homers The Odyssey 9 and the Brothers Grimm Hansel and Gretel, the human cannibalistic element is concealed skillfully by the authors with exchanging the human figure for a mythological creature. Frequently the literary executor of cannibalism resembles real issues that the authors faced during their lifetimes in their society. The Odyssey tells the story of the king…

Telemachus now brimming with confidence and courage, sets on a journey to search for his father. * * * After returning home with Telemachus, and killing all the suitors in the mansion, Odysseus finally reunites with his beloved Penelope. “Odysseus! Is it truly you?” Penelope asks. “Yes, it is I, Odysseus.” “This is too much for me to fathom. Is it really you?” “What madness are you spouting, of course it is him,” says the maid Eurycleia. “Oh is it?” “Yes, even I can confirm that he is…

The Heroic Acts of Odysseus We can honestly all say that Odysseus is the main hero in The Odysseus. Out of the majority of characters in The Odyssey, Odysseus is one of the best military leaders, fathers, and he is a great husband to Penelope. He is a very, very important and main character in Greek mythology, and in The Odyssey. He is a hero because of all the heroic things that he has done up to the point of when he gets re united with his family. The things that he does throughout The…

In Homer’s “The Odyssey” the gods play a huge role in the life of Odysseus and the live’s of his family. The gods intervene and interfere in three major ways. They aid Odysseus and his family on his journey back home by giving them social advice and keeping them safe from storms and the unknown. The gods also intervene into their lives by prohibiting Odysseus from reaching home. Without them intervening and interfering in Odysseus and Telemakhos’ life, Odysseus would never have saw Ithaka again.…

Ithaca. Upon returning to Ithaca Odysseus disguises himself as a beggar. Soon after returning home he revealed his identity to his son Telemachus. Penelope, Odysseus wife had been told that her husband was alive and would return to her but she did not believe it. Penelope had many wooers but she really only wanted to be with her husband. eventually Penelope decided to have a competition and would marry whoever could string Odysseus's backsprung…

Introduction: There are few people in Roman history, with the possible exception of Julius Caesar and Caesar Augustus, as influential and dedicated as Aeneas. Aeneas is known for being dutiful towards his country and willingly sacrificing his own desires for his country. For this reason and other reasons, Aeneas deserves praise. Narrative: Aeneas was raised in Troy by his father, Anchises. He was not raised by his mother, Venus, since she is a goddess. As a young man, he helped his cousin,…

Telemachus’s life by Antinous shows that he is willing to do whatever is necessary to claim the crown and Penelope even perform some actions that would be considered psychopathic. In the end, it is Antinous’s two weaknesses, his overambitious nature and his obsessive lust for Penelope, which result in his fall. If Antinous hadn’t taken all the food and drink from Telemachus on his quest for the crown and Penelope then maybe he would have survived the massacre at the conclusion of the book or…

suitors and met Penelope. When Penelope hears of someone claiming to have met Odysseus somewhere in Crete and asked him about her husband but she does not trust to what the stranger says. Then Penelope tests his honesty by asking him to describe her husband: “Tell me what sort of clothes he wore, and tell me/ what he was like, and what his men were like” (XIX. 235-236). After be try a questioned by Penelope, the stranger captures detail perfectly about us. For those detail make Penelope cry…

In the epic poem, The Odyssey, by Homer, Penelope, the wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus, is a modern hero because she remains patient, intelligent, and devoted throughout the poem. For nearly twenty years, she waits for her husband Odysseus to return from the Trojan War while running her palace on the island of Ithaca and raising her son on her own. During this time, suitors persistently pursue her and take advantage of her husband’s absence. Although she is a woman in a male dominated…