themselves after great men like Odysseus‚ but the real question is who do Greek woman model themselves after. Clytemnestra’s plight and eventual death is a perfect example of how married women were expected act compared to married men. Also‚ women like Penelope in The Odyssey were criticized for being untruthful‚ but men like Odysseus were praised for exceptional cunning in the same epic poem. Calypso is a goddess who is aware of these double standards and makes an eloquent plea to the gods of Olympus
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It makes you think that Penelope does not think that her version(s) of events are of importance‚ but that if the reader wishes to know her side of events‚ then they would read on. The first chapter has an underlying sense of playful irony; it is Penelope reflecting on her life from Hades‚ “Now that I’m dead I know everything.” However‚ by following this statement saying “I know only a few factoids that I didn’t know before‚” the irony becomes apparent‚ because Penelope is saying that she doesn’t
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convey loyalty‚ which is shown by Penelope‚ Telemachus‚ the servants‚ and Odysseus. Penelope is the wife of Odysseus; she does not remarry while he is away. Telemachus‚ his son‚ goes on a journey to find his father. Eumaeus and Philoetius‚ the servants‚ remained faithful servants to their master. Odysseus is king of Ithaca; he stays true to the gods‚ and they manage to keep him alive. Penelope is a representative of loyalty in this epic novel. Penelope is a committed wife‚ who waits patiently
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just let me get my mind off things back in the United States but I was wrong‚ girls are still drama queens and just crazy for example this girl named Penelope who is the "princess" or "queen" in this school‚ everyone wants to be her friend. She is always with her best friends Stacey‚ Victoria and Mary Beth. One day I was walking to my friends and Penelope asked me to join her and started to ask me questions about the United States and I felt a little confused as to why she was talking to me‚ after school
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injustice and wrote The Penelopiad to better explain the maids’ point of view and how gender‚ as well as class differences could have played a role in their actions. In The Odyssey‚ the twelve maids are portrayed as being disloyal to both Odysseus and Penelope because it was discovered that they were sleeping with the suitors. Telemachus blatantly says to them‚ “You sluts- the suitors’ whores!” (453). He says this shortly before hanging them. The story fails to‚ however‚ give any reasoning as to why the
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intelligent woman. These women include characters such as Queen Arete‚ Nausicaa and‚ above all‚ Odysseus’ wife Penelope. Homer uses these characters to depict the several ways in which women were viewed by society. The first type of woman‚ the bad‚ disrespectful woman is portrayed through two characters. Clytemnestra is the unfaithful wife of Agamemnon‚ and Melantho‚ is the disloyal maidservant of Penelope. The story of Clytemnestra is repeated numerous times throughout the poem. When Odysseus travels to
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the suitors in their place. Despite everyone else’s thoughts and suitors attempts‚ Penelope‚ Odysseus’ wife‚ remained faithful to him. As the reader‚ I felt as though Telemachus would soon find himself before this story concluded. I also felt that Penelope truly believed that she and Odysseus would reunite as one because he would soon return and she was not going to give up. For example‚ it was made clear that Penelope wanted no one else‚ and in book 20‚ she really shows a moment of weakness when she
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roles might seem unlikely of authority or power at first‚ but with analysis‚ it is clear that women don’t blatantly display a lust for command‚ yet they manage to craftily take the control away from the men. The women of The Odyssey‚ especially Penelope‚ clearly all hold a very unique sexual control over the men they come across in the story. Although the story mainly focuses around the hardships and adventures Odysseus and his son Telemachus
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and female characters in the Odyssey for both mortals and gods. Characters like Penelope‚ Helen‚ and Clytemnestra are all mortal women that have been held up to this standard. And it is the male heroes and gods like Odysseus who have become praised for the low standards they have set for themselves. Throughout the Odyssey we see signs and blatant references to the fact that Odysseus has ben unfaithful to Penelope. The first one being on the island with the “lustrous Calypso” (5.129. It may be
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related through relationships between Rachel and Penelope‚ God and Athena‚ and their journey throughout life. Odysseus and Jacob are first compared to their relationship with their wives. Odysseus loves Penelope with all his heart and does everything to get to her. Penelope is the one who keeps Odysseus strong. Even though the goddess of Calypso offered him immortality as a god‚ Odysseus refused to accept the offer because his love towards Penelope was everlasting. He felt the only way to live a
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