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    invade palace in Ithica hoping to marry Queen Penelope iv. Prince Telemachus still a young man and powerless to stop suitors B. Athena Helps‚ Penelope Mourns i. With Zeus’s permission‚ Athena travels to Ithica to help Telemachus ii. Athena disguises herself as old friend Mentes and says Odysseus is alive and will soon return home to Ithica iii. Athena then tells Telemachus to assemble the suitors and banish them iv. Penelope hears the bard sing a song about the Greek’s suffering

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    his absence and longed for his return back home. a. Odysseus’s wife‚ Penelope‚ although her faith was slowly growing dim‚ for a very long time believed that her beloved husband Odysseus would return to her and their son. i. Penelope was determined to delay choosing a suitor because she was hopeful that her husband Odysseus would come home and the suitors would no longer try to come anywhere near Penelope again.

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    to a person‚ a cause or a duty. Through this definition‚ it can be expressed that loyalty is a major theme in Homer’s epic‚ "The Odyssey". The author presents four mayor illustrations of loyalty‚ which are given by Penelope‚ Telemachus‚ Eumaeus and Philoetius and Odysseus. Penelope is Odysseus faithful wife who not only doesn’t re-marry but also keeps hope that Odysseus is still alive and will someday come home. Telemachus embarks on a journey in search of his father‚ who has never actually met

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    beginning of the episode Penelope proposed a new idea for the office‚ but it was shot down by her male coworker. Only later did that same male coworker propose the same idea and it was accepted. Simply because Penelope was a woman her ideas we not taken seriously and neither were her opinions. Another example of work discrimination due to sex was when Penelope found out that she was paid less then her male coworker who had the same position but worked there less. So just because Penelope was a woman and did

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    suits and takes Penelope to the Winter Formal with only five dollars in his pocket. After the dance‚ a group of boys invite Arnold and Penelope for some foods. At the restaurant‚ Arnold orders lots of food for Penelope and himself‚ he thinks it’s his last meal before execution as he has no money at all to pay all the foods. Later Arnold asks to borrow some cash from Roger and pays for the foods. Penelope later asks Arnold if he is poor‚ and Arnold respond honestly. He says yes. Penelope kisses him on

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    and Courtship Marriage is when a man and a woman are religiously committed to each other. In ancient Greek culture‚ this reflected on the relationship of the King and Queen‚ and Odysseus and Penelope‚ but they weren’t quite similar. The King and Queen had a closer relationship‚ while Odysseus and Penelope were always separated. Odysseus and Penelope’s marriage was nothing like the King and Queens. Odysseus wasn’t really faithful while trying to get back to his wife. For example‚ the first time

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    Some idiot decided to invite about three newbies into our weekly hangout sesh on Wednesday. My parents are luckily on a date night every Wednesday‚ so I can sneak over some friends. Penelope growls under her breath which encourages a glare from me. She isn’t allowed to be rude to us or she gets kicked out of our hangout group and popularity. I know it sounds harsh‚ but that’s how life is...harsh. Too bad‚ because I feel like she could

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    to the Trojan war. After 10 long years at war‚ it comes time to travel back home to Penelope. Ten long years of being sent places by force‚ and going places by choice. Being disloyal to the ones he loves‚ he finally makes it home to run his kingdom again: Twenty years later. Odysseus may seem like a great loyal leader‚ but in reality he is not. Although Odysseus is a good man by trying hard to get home to Penelope‚ he is also a not a good man because he stays certain places for unnecessary amounts

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    three characteristics: Loyalty‚ wisdom‚ and beauty. Two women that represent these three qualities are Penelope and Athena. The Greeks value loyalty very high in women. You can tell throughout the book that its just fine for men to run off and be with whomever they please‚ but women must be loyal to their husbands. That is just the Greek culture. Right from the start‚ anyone can tell that Penelope is extremely loyal. As soon as her husband leaves for Troy‚ she never even sets eyes on another man‚

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    for Orestes‚ and the true father just happened to be Agamemnon. Odysseus and Telemachus The protagonist of The Odyssey‚ Odysseus‚ fights among the other Greek heroes at Troy and struggles to return to his kingdom in Ithaca where his loyal wife‚ Penelope‚ and his loving son‚

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