Penelope

The first reason which I think that Penelope and Odysseus are a good match is because of loyalty. Penelope is very loyal to Odysseus while he is gone for twenty years. Many suitors come to her and try and make her believe that they are actually Odysseus. The second reason which I think that Penelope and Odysseus are a good match is because of Penelope’s cleverness. Penelope is very clever in many ways during odysseus’ absence. Everyone thinks that Odysseus is dead and he will never come back

In the Odyssey, Penelope, the wife of Odysseus, while mourning the loss of her husband had to endure the endless pursuit of the many suitors who sought her hand in marriage with the intent of ruling all of Ithaca. Penelope was a great wife because she was smart, faithful, and clever. By her using her cleverness to deceive the suitors, together with using her intelligence to outsmart them, proved her faithfulness to her husband. These things together made Penelope the great wife that she was.

The stories found in Greek mythology are often the subjects of both visual and literary works. The myth of Penelope and Odysseus and their eventful marriage is one such story. Penelope is the daughter of Icarius and Periboea and the wife of Odysseus. Odysseus was sent to fight in the Trojan War the day his son was born. After the war, he angered the gods by not thanking them, so he was lost at sea for ten years after the war while trying to get back to Ithaca. Their son, Telemachus, helps her

Penelope serves a significant role in The Odyssey by serving as a source of motivation for Odysseus and portraying the ideal woman in Greek society. Penelope throughout the story is displayed as a woman who is not swayed by the suitors, and Odysseus repeatedly draws from her person to motivate himself. Penelope first displays a great sense of loyalty to Odysseus by attempting to delay the suitors through tricks. Penelope employs tricks such as weaving a shroud for Laertes, Odysseus’s father, but

overall, there is much work that has yet to be done, and people must continue to strive for equality in order to eliminate unhealthy relationships like that of Odysseus and Penelope in Homer’s Odyssey. The epic poem explores Odysseus’ unnecessarily long journey home after helping Greece win the Trojan War while his wife Penelope waits for him in Ithaca. The contrast between Penelope’s faithfulness at home and how Odysseus often strays from his path of return, in many cases by being unfaithful to his

of its wealth by a crowd of suitors wishing to marry Penelope. While nobody is without fault in this situation I believe that Penelope plays a large role in causing the unfavorable situation the family is in by her being deceptive towards the suitors. While suitors were being held in the company of Odysseys’ family Penelope decides to deceive the suitors by saying she will announce who she would marry by the time she finishes he weaving. Penelope would weave and unweave for years putting a burden on

Euripides and Homer are said to be two of the four cornerstones of ancient literary education. The former, Euripides, known as one of the great tragedians of classical Athens produced approximately ninety-two plays, but was rejected by most of his contemporaries during his lifetime. Euripides was the first of his time to portray a woman as a sympathetic character and a victim of society. Homer is known as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. His most famous works being the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Comparing The Red Room by H.G. Wells and The Darkness Out There by Penelope Lively The "Red Room" was the earlier of the two stories written in 1896 by H.G. Wells and "The Darkness Out There", written by Penelope Lively was published in1984. The titles of both stories suggest that fear or horror will play a part. "The Darkness Out There" generates an eerie feeling by not defining a specific threat but leaving it open to the imagination. "The Red Room" is not as scary

Penelope, Son of Laertes Jose Vasquez Mostly throughout the Odyssey, Penelope and Odysseus struggle against the idea of possessing an incomplete home or not being at home for a long time. However, after accepting defeat for a long period of time, the two begin quest out to resolve their problems, and in the process, the two illustrate similar aspects of how to resolve a situation involving errors within an oikos. In other words, I am claiming that Penelope utilizes the same manner of defense

Is Penelope Loyal? Imagine someone’s husband leaves for 20 years would that wife still be loyal to him? In The Odyssey by Homer Odysseus is lost at sea trying to get home to his wife and kid. When he finally gets he has to see if his wife was loyal to him in the 20 years he was gone. There are suitors there that have been trying to marry his wife so he kills them with his son. Penelope is truly loyal to Odysseus in the Odyssey because she does not marry anyone in the 20 years Odysseus was gone. She