Penelope

actions caused by the characters in the story and the their connsequences. The book of Odysseus and his men in a boat traveling for a long time, many rich and not so rich men came into his home with the believe that he was no longer alive. His wife Penelope and his son telemachaus stiull believed that he was alive and will return once again and live a happy life. Odysseus and his men came to a strange island that was very new to them. They needed to escape and reach home but,m then came many…

combination of both. Let’s start with Penelope, the beautiful woman who chooses to wait her husband for 20 years, she is absolutely the most powerful women in the odyssey, she even have more power over Odysseus than anyone else. The power of love that she had given to Odysseus forces him to return to Ithaca, and more important to her. No matters what obstacles were putting in her way, she was able to defeat them for the sake of her husband. Some believes that Penelope had acts as a seductress,…

The character Odysseus is a brave king of Ithaca who is always navigating a journey or adventure while facing many challenges. Throughout the journey, he stays determined to achieve his goal, which is to reunite with his wife, Penelope, and his son, Telemachus. In the book The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus is seen as a wandering hero who overcame all obstacles that put his life or his family in danger. Odysseus proved to the gods and his family that he is a true hero who will defeat anyone in his…

strength/ suffering, and the power of the gods. In the beginning of the Odyssey one seeks the loyalty in the poem. One example is Telemachus when his mother and himself have to await the departing of his father for tweeny years. The loyalty that Penelope has for her husband, and for her family is keeping her promise to always be loyal…

Robert Fagles describes the first four books of the Odyssey as the “Telemacheia”, “the story of a young man from a poor and backward island who asserts himself at home and visits the sophisticated courts of two rich and powerful kingdoms, to return home a grown man.” (introduction, pg 9). Crucial to this maturation is Athena, who assumes the role of father figure for Telemachus. Telemachus had no father in his life, since Odysseus left for Troy when Telemachus was an infant. Telemachus was an…

twenty long years eventually makes it back home to Ithaca. But really, Odysseus’ homecoming is what The Odyssey is all about. Time and time again, Odysseus desires to return to Ithaca, the land of his heritage, and he longs to return to his wife, Penelope, and his son, Telemachus. Everything that happens in The Odyssey revolves around this desire, including his mistakes. His cunning, strength, and even divine intervention eventually bring Odysseus home again. In fact, Odysseus’ character and…

What makes a man? For as long as history can date back, a man has been viewed as a powerful figure in society who had to get things done, especially for his family. Loyalty, by definition, is the quality of being loyal to someone or something and perseverance, by definition is steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. In The Odyssey, Homer displays these two traits repeatedly throughout the story as the two main male characters progress and attempt to…

ground for a long time after Rowdy walked away. I stupidly hoped that time would stand still. But I had to stand eventually, and when I did, I knew that my best friend had become my worst enemy” (Alexie 53). Junior also is depressed when his “crush” Penelope starts to bully him, “‘Junior,’ I said. She laughed and told her girlfriend at the next desk that my name was Junior. They both laughed. Word spread around the room and pretty soon everybody…

Revolving around loyalty Loyalty, it means everythinng, but what if we revolved around them? Even in the objects we make, like books. In all the books humans have made, there is the theme of loyalty. Even if it is just for a page or throughout the whole book, it changes the way that the book will be interpreted. Everything in the world revolves around loyalty. In The Odyssey, written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald, it has many notable paragraphs that have to do with the…

the most important is homecoming, because if it weren't for Odysseys urge to make it home to Penelope and Ithaca then we wouldn't even have a story. The themes fate, the gods, and free will are a big part of the story. There are forces (the gods) that shape what happens to men and women. In the story…