Women were a very big important part of the Odyssey. They were involved in almost every single important thing in The Odyssey. The women that played a huge part were Athena‚ Penelope‚ and Calypso. All the women were related to helping Odysseus get things done. I will tell you all about the women in the story. Calypso was a woman who lived on the island of Ogygia. Odysseus was on a broken piece of the ship and floated onto her island. Calypso lived on the island with all ladies‚ who had never seen
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along his journey he meets with some Gods that help him and some that hurt him. Before he left for war‚ he had a son with his wife Penelope whom they named Telemachus. The war took ten years‚ so his son became a young man while his father was away. Then during the time that they waited for his father to return‚ suitors invaded the palace and requested that Penelope choose a new husband. They
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themes presented in The Odyssey is loyalty. Loyalty is recurs time and time again throughout the epic poem and is portrayed through the loyal relationship between god and men‚ the loyalty of Odysseus’ subjects until his death and most importantly Penelope unyielding faith in Odysseus’ return. Through the use of these characters and their devotion to Odysseus‚ Homer demonstrates the importance he places on loyalty while also developing an endearing and palpable epic. Greek Gods are an integral part
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and how they should have been such as marriage‚ and politics. Mr. Sewell’s advice about” the economy of pain” is related to realism‚ by the triangle between Irene‚ Tom‚ and Penelope. His advice to Lapham‚ and his wife was “to let one suffer instead of three‚ if none is to blame?” (Howells‚ 226). He suggested that Tom and Penelope should not have to give up their love for each other for the sake of Irene. Irene will just have to endure the heartbreak of losing one’s first love‚ and face the reality
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however this is the only way for women to gain respect and prestige. Penelope‚ wife of Odysseus is the paradigm for women. After the Trojan war‚ there is no news of Odysseus. No one knows of his whereabouts or what his plans are. Odysseus stays lost at sea for nearly twenty years‚ yet Penelope stays faithful and has no skeptic thoughts. Suitors come to court Penelope and amass Odysseus’s treasure‚ however due to a clever plan‚ Penelope finds a way to wait even longer for Odysseus to return. Antinous
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with different setbacks that ends up taking him 19 years to return home. While he is gone a group of wooers try to marry his wife Penelope and kill his son Telemachus. Odysseus creates a plan to disguise himself as a beggar and take back his throne. Odysseus almost losses Ithaca and everyone he loved. He is justified in killing all of the wooers to keep his wife Penelope‚ save his son Telemachus’ life and getting rid of every wooer that hurt his family to take back his
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Odysseus caused great legal and economic threat to the royal crown placing Telemachus the son and young prince as the interim leader to save his mother Penelope the queen from a forced marital arrangement. As the narrator informs the reader that over 100 suitors live off the estate’s wealth detained the palace and provisions while courting Penelope‚ in
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described as either cunning‚ intelligent‚ sexually alluring‚ or powerful‚ dangerous and fatal. Some of the most typical female characters are Athena‚ Circes and Penelope‚ where Athena is a powerful goddess and a skilled warrior‚ Circes is a cunning witch who tricked Odysseus’ men into drinking her potion and turning into swine‚ and Penelope‚ the extremely clever‚ yet loyal wife of Odysseus who outsmarted the suitors for 20 years. Most of these female characters fall under the category of “femme Fatale”
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a great deal of adventures and powerful women who carved Odysseus’ path home to Ithaca. Throughout the journey home‚ Circe‚ Penelope‚ Ino‚ Athena‚ and a sundry of other women all had a great impact on Odysseus’ life. Out of all these women‚ Athena was the most influential‚ aiding Odysseus to get away from Calypso‚ keeping him from death’s gates‚ and helping him win Penelope back. On his way home to Ithaca‚ Odysseus gets shipwrecked on the nymph‚ Calypso’s‚ island. She didn’t want him to leave‚ but
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“Look at my wise Penelope. She falls far short of you‚ your beauty‚ stature. She is mortal after all and you‚ you never age or die...nevertheless I long- I pine‚ all my days- to travel home and see the dawn of my return.” (239-243) the text shows that Odysseus is loyal to Penelope despite Calypso’s offer of him staying with her. Odysseus loves Penelope and is devoted to getting home to her and their offspring. Proving that
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