A Passage Analysis Of The Odyssey (Book 2, Lines 114-122)
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A Passage Analysis of “The Odyssey (Book 2, Lines 114 - 122)” Homer introduces Antinous, one of the many suitors, as the most brash, and arrogant suitor of the lot. He is the suitor that instigates most of the difficulties for Telemachus, and Penelope throughout The Odyssey. This passage begins by showing just how gullible the suitors are to have believed Penelope was weaving a burial shroud for the years that she had deceived them. Furthermore, it can be seen as the passage that sets the stage for the many destructive situations to come.
This passage argues that Penelope has been too deceiving towards the suitors, and should relinquish her love for Odysseus to marry another. Looking closer into the text, you can really depict just how deceiving Penelope has been.…show more content… Perhaps this can be seen as a way of Penelope expressing her emotions of wanting everything to start over. Wishing Odysseus hadn’t left to battle in Troy, and simply wanting everything to be as simple as unravelling a shroud to begin again. This can be seen as both caring, and manipulative; because of this, we can also presume with a great amount of certainty that Penelope is simply looking for something to pass the time in hopes that Odysseus will soon