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1Penelope
Title: 1Penelope
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 822 | Pages: 3.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
1Penelope
Penelope in the Odyssey:
In Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, Penelope, the wife of Odysseus, is highly significant and represents the epitome of the Greek ideal, because she embodies the “ideal wife.” Penelope embodies the “ideal” wife, because she conforms to the ideals of her society. The ideals of her society include, tremendous will power, faithfulness, honor, sadness, helplessness and long suffering. Penelope’s husband, Odysseus, has been exiled for 20 years, since he left …showed first 75 words of 822 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 822 total…of Odysseus, is highly significant and represents the epitome of the Greek ideal, because she embodies the “ideal wife.” Penelope embodies the “ideal” wife, because she conforms to the ideals of her society. The ideals of her society include, tremendous will power, faithfulness, honor, sadness, helplessness and long suffering. Without Penelope's enduring faithfulness, Odysseus would not have had a home to return to. Furthermore, Penelope’s “ideal” nature makes Odysseus’s hard journey home worthwhile.
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