Penelope

You cigarette say that genus genus Penelope Is the perfect representation of patience, devotion and fidelity because thou knowing the true where actives of her husband she blindly trusts his return, and along the work we can count how rejected suitors presented In Its door. Here we can also see nonpareil of Its mall features, the cunning. And non altogether that, pride In her home and family, and features such as hospitality make her one of the most bring to pass characters with Odysseus.Penelope knows how to act in such a way that inadvertently marry any of the suitors, an idea how to victimize them, keep them in your door, and take advantage in some way all these gifts and favors that made him. The hatch of the lord Alerts, is one of the representations of Penelope intelligence. She tells her suitors that when you finish this loom knitting, she will choose who he wants to marry. Carefully all(prenominal) night she undid everything she wove in the morning. With this trick was tricking her suitors three years. She said to us My lords, my Suitors, though Odysseus is dead and you are bore for me to marry, have patience till I complete this work, I do not want it wasted, this breed for noble Alerts, ready for when pitiless deaths cruel end overtakes him since I fear some Achaean womanhood f this land would blame me, if he who won great wealth lay there without a shroud (8. 11) We can see Penelope as a strong woman, she is the queen of Ithaca and knows the responsibility that entails, if she get married another man, this would become the king of Ithaca.She is able to take her house and her family by herself, demonstrating great courage and strength. I could say its in their own way, the other heroine of the Odyssey. In the work by comparing the story of Penelope and Odysseus with the story of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon see the obvious differences in the midst of the characters. Penelope and Clytemnestra were In the same situation, but react in comple tely opposite ways. While Clytemnestra betrays Agamemnon having being unfaithful and finally killing him, Penelope Is faithful to her husband, hold for him not knowing If he will return.This highlights even much the characteristics of Penelope, making It look Like a strong and sensible woman. Most plateful was the voice I heard of Prisms daughter Cassandra, killed by punic Clytemnestra over me but I lifted my hands and with them beat on the ground as I died upon the sword, but the sluttish woman turned away from me and was so hard hat her hands would not press shut my eyes and mouth though I was going to Hades.So there is nothing more deadly or more vile than a woman who stores her mind with acts that are of such sort, as this one did when she thought of this act of dishonor, and plotted the murder of her lawful husband. See, I had been thinking home, but she with thoughts surpassingly grisly splashed the shame on herself and the rest of her sex, on women still to come, even on the one whose acts are virtuous. (1 1. 21-434) The contradiction that we can find in the behavior of Penelope s precisely how she keeps her suitors waiting for her, but this is part of one of its main characteristics, which is the intelligence to handle the situation alone. While continuing to be faithful and loyal to Odysseus, get to take advantage of the suitors. If we focus on the position of women in golf club of ancient Greece, Penelope is represented as an ideal woman, example of charity, generosity, cunning and intelligence. Penelope takes an unprecedented office staff for this time, even though this behavior so we could get to find normal in our society. homer represents Penelope as a heroine of Greek society. Makes her everything a Greek woman should do, keep fidelity and loyalty to her husband, but this is 20 years without returning home. Shes at home, as a woman, but also we can see a man talking and arguing with them, something for which a Greek woman is not ready. Th is raises the idea that Penelope is partly oppressed by Greek customs but this is contradicted by his acting and bringing the situation, because she believes in the fill in she feels for Odysseus and that he will eventually return.A woman in Greek society should not be allowed to acquire such positions, Odysseus could have given power to someone who was not Penelope, but it is she who is in charge of the kingdom. With that kor shows us his vision of the ideal woman Greek. Another sign of cunning and intelligence of Penelope is when she thinks about testing the arc. As Chris Emily-Jones says in The Reunion of Penelope and Odysseus led by the intuition that the beggar was very Odysseus invents arc test, knowing that the only one who could use it was him. Penelope had the intuition that the beggar was Odysseus by his dreams and the friendship they felt for him.The only thing that can make us doubt this situation is, why she gives up and wants to get married at that time? Why happ ened when Odysseus is there? Alex Cist in his article Penelope authority in the odyssey shows us a comparison with Calypso, Retreat makes Circe and through this comparison Penelope is represented as a woman and ideal lover However, in the Odyssey, most women fall into one of two categories in regards to their personalities and relationships with men they were either loyal wives (Retreat) or alluring seductresses (Calypso, Circe).What makes Penelope special is that she possesses characteristics of both an ideal wife and an ideal lover. According Cist, the idea of perfect love is took from the sentiment between Odysseus and Penelope, the union that exists between both makes this love a perfect love and the perfect union The unity of Their personalities, according to Odysseus, centre they have a perfect love, their minds and hearts are unified.And one more time, as I have said before, Alex Cist shows us strong the idea of Penelope ability to handle her situation with the suitors Pe nelope entrapment of her suitors despite constantly rejecting and spurning them shows that she has what it takes to steal a mans heart. And important distinction, though, between the queen and other seductresses is that Penelope does not do this consciously. We can compare Penelope with Mary Bloom, its equivalent in the Ulysses written by crowd together Joyce.Molly would be the opposite figure of Penelope her life is marked by a precocity in the final monologue of this work. On the other hand you can not criticize this attitude, because it conveys a kernel of naturalness and Mollys character tries to get on with life despite having in his mind to her husband Finally, we can say that Penelope was a great woman, and an example of ideal woman n Greek society, thats how Homer wanted to show it to us.