oddysey blog post #1

Sage griffee
Ms Harrison
ELA
11/17/16

What role has Penelope played in the book so far?

Penelope is telemachuses mother and the wife of Odysseuses wife. It has been some twenty years since he left. Some of the people in Ithaca known as 'the suitors' pursue Penelope thinking that Odysseus is dead. Penelope has not been arranged to marriage yet and it seems as if she does not want to. She has been seen trying to delay and trick the suitors. "Young men-my suitors, since Odysseus is dead- eager as you are to marry me, you must wait until I finish this robe." Later on she is seen unweaving this very same robe in the night after she would weave all day. She was doing this to delay the suitors and stall. With Odysseuses new quest to find answers about his father maybe there is knew hope in Penelope's heart that her husband is still alive.