Penelope

Mortals are flawed beings, as such, even kind-hearted intentions can result in the deadliest of consequences. Society often aims to choose the most viable of opportunities, but rarely does a perfect plan come to fruition. In Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, many conflicts occur between Odysseus and his enemies, however the entirety of them have legitimate reasons. Odysseus injures Polyphemus out of necessity for the survival of his crew. Also, he kills the suitors as compensation for…

single is because of crime and being irresponsible. In the article Happy Fathers Day Mom by Abigail Foerstner, it talks about single moms and it relate to Penelope in the book The Odyssey because in the book she is a single mom raising her son Telemachus and how rough it was it was raising him without her husband. In the book, The Odyssey Penelope faces many challenges raising her son Telemachus alone. Raising child without a father is hard because moms sometimes don't how to give their child…

him drop his wine he was drinking from. B) Odysseus replied when Eurymachus said that he going to have bloodshed that Odyssey came into combat mode so quickly. 3. The nurse and Telemachus tried to convince Penelope that the stranger is Odysseus and that they had to question him. B) Penelope wasn’t clear about what to do because she thinks that Odyssey died on the island of troy and Odysseus looks alot different from the last time they saw each other. 4. Odysseus proving himself to his wife…

The next theme is perseverance. Penelope and Odysseus especially showed the most perseverance. One of the reasons that they showed the most perseverance is that they both are survivors. Odysseus was gone for twenty years, ten in the Trojan War and ten more in his voyage home. Penelope has persevered against the intruders for about four years, playing one against another with plenty schemes, in example, when she knitted a shroud for her father-in-law, Laertes. Odysseus' perseverance is…

In the Odyssey, Homer discusses various topics significant for the Greeks of that era such as hospitality, devotion to gods, faithfulness to one’s spouse, or determination to return home. On the other hand, Virgil’s Aeneid is focused on war and ancient Roman values such as pietas, which stands for loyalty or devotion, or gravitas, which is one’s ability to speak with authority. Furthermore, Sophocles’s play Antigone deals with a character that has to choose between the contradicting laws of the…

meet many people and killed as well. Odysseus killed the suitors that have been waiting outside Penelope's house to marry her. The suitors want to marry Penelope since they think Odysseus is dead. They have been waiting outside her house for many years, eating all of his food and using his things. He kills them with a bow and arrow when Penelope finally announced she was choosing a new husband. She would marry whoever could strike an arrow through twelve axes. Odysseus is the only person who…

To begin with, in the Greek tragedy Agamemnon by Aeschylus, the two women with the most prominent roles as female characters are Clytemnestra and Cassandra. Clytemnestra, Agamemnon’s wife, is left alone ruling Argos while her husband has left to fight in the Trojan War for a decade. Cassandra is a prisoner of Agamemnon’s as well as Apollo’s mistress. A common theme arises as both women are involved in acts of adultery. Clytemnestra has an affair with her lover Aegistus, whereas Cassandra, as…

War. In the story,"The Odyssey ", by Homer,Odysseus a cosmopolite, brave, courageous, and heroic man is struggling to get back home to Ithaca after the ten-year war with the Trojans, he faces many external conflicts on his journey home to his wife Penelope and son Telemachus but he first must face all the obstacles the gods put in his way. The external conflicts Odysseus faces on his way home such as sea monsters, giants, enchantress, sirens and being held captive by a goddess reveal and…

something that sets the stage for a hero’s journey. From Calypso to Polyphemus, lotus eaters to sun god’s island, things can get extremely chaotic. A movie as recent in our minds can be recognizable in older stories. At Odysseus’s home, Ithaca, he and Penelope had just given birth to a child named Telemachus. However, shortly after his birth, he is summoned to fight in the Trojan War, but he denies being summoned. His attempt at denying being summoned: saying he was crazy. How he was going to…

him, Odysseus leaves, and the readers do not see her in the story again. This is similar to the fact that these women are also flat characters. Odysseus’ wife and maid are both flat in the sense that they have one main goal and do not show change. Penelope is always waiting for her husband, and the maid will always see Odysseus as her master, and continue to serve him. Since they are static, they play a supporting role to the…