Penelope

of Odysseus, indicating the importance of women during the Greek hero’s long and suffering journey back home. Odysseus has received numerous help from different female characters such as Athena, Nausikaa, and Circe, and more importantly, his wife Penelope stays extremely faithful to him despite all the suitors are constantly trying to court her. Without these women who stay by Odysseus’s side, Homer suggests, Odysseus will not return home successfully. Although…

Odysseus": The Whispers of Manipulation and Temptation from Women “So by day she’d weave at her great and growing web- by night, by the light of torches set beside her, she would unravel all she’d done.” (2:115-117). At last the gears in the head of Penelope were turning, for she was upholding her plan of deceiving the suitors and leading them to believe her desire is marriage. The Odyssey is an epic telling the tale of Odysseus’ life and journey back to the land where he came from. On the way…

Secondly, suitors of Penelope, Odysseus’ wife, are also greedy as they stay in the palace all day and night, eating and drinking, using all their wealth and resources, and also trying to marry Penelope. Telemachus, Odysseus’ son mentions, “They infest our palace day and night/.../ devouring all my treasure, all my cattle ―”(2.59,80). This shows that the suitors showed greed by eating all their cattle, using all the treasure and above all these they are also trying to marry Penelope. This proves…

Penelope hears about the disappearance of her son for the first time and is distraught. Hence, she questions Eurycleia who dissuades Penelope from notifying Laertes about his grandson’s departure. While all the females in Homer’s epic are different, they all endure the aspects of a patriarchal society, a civilization in which males hold primary power and predominate in roles of leadership. Penelope proves to be a central character throughout the poem. Through examining her role as the wife of…

same. Even though it would have had the same events, it would not have come across the same whatsoever. The poem like structure helps the creation of the story. Another factor that plays a part of the story is the characters. For example, without Penelope, Odyssey would have no reason to go back to his home. He could have just stayed at the island that Calypso kept him as a prisoner. Lastly, a factor that could influence the creation of the work is the length. The Odyssey has 24 books written…

If Romeo and Odysseus are the heroes of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Homer’s The Odyssey respectively, then Juliet and Penelope, the wives of both men, are the heroines. The relationship between Juliet and Penelope holds similarities only insofar as they share similar situations and the effects of them. The true differences in the lives of these woeful women lie within their responses (i.e. their love for their families in addition to their husbands) to the similar occurrences in their…

where Odysseus’ loyalty is tested. Odysseus could be considered both loyal and disloyal in different cases. Although it is true that Odysseus has been loyal to Penelope by coming home in Greek standards, Odysseus was not loyal…

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…

Well, not really… all a person needs is-loyalty in his or her heart, and that’s exactly what Penelope and the servants possess. Penelope-the wife of Odysseus- sits in her room weeping for what seems like an eternity; she constantly hears of news that her husband is alive or that he is dead on some forgotten island. However, she is not quick to act on any news she…

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…