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Odysseus Do The Right Thing Analysis
In the story of the Odyssey Odysseus returns home after a long trip and finds out their are many people trying to win over his wife. Over the course of twenty years their were over 100 wooers living in his house. When Odysseus finally returns home Penelope has a test for the wooers which blows Odysseus cover. After that he kills all of the wooers and has anybody involved killed also. I think that Odysseus did the right thing. The reason is because if his people were loyal they would not let people win over his wife. Odysseus punishment was not harsh for the people involved either he would have done what the death sentence in some states He hung them for having connection to the wooers. Just the wooers living in his house justified his actions.

Their are many reasons why i believe that Odysseus did the right thing.
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Odysseus had whoever connected hung which they could have died much worse. The people who were connected could have died like Antinous who was shot in the neck. The people involved should have been punished worse. They knew that the suitors were going to kill Telemachus so they could get to Penelope easier.

Odysseus should feel justified for his actions for killing the suitors. After being gone for twenty years and coming home to people living in his house. Also trying to take the only things he got left like his son and wife. Odysseus should feel more justified for killing those who were involved with the wooers so now he knows who is loyal and who is not. Those are reasons why Odysseus should feel justified after killing all of those people.

Odysseus did many things that justified his actions. He killed the people who were trying to steal his wife, his kid, and his fortune. He punished everyone with what he thought was necessary. So after twenty years of sailing Odysseus brought his home back how it was twenty years


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