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Sunday, February 10, 2019

Essay --

Bijoy ShahMrs. JonesSophomore English (H)8 January 2014Men WomenThroughout The Odyssey by Homer, many women, if not servant girls or deities, are assigned to the weak role of mothers or seductresses. In most instances, the women are in claim of support and guidance as they are weak and fragile. Without a level male hand to guide them, these women appear to be lost and heartbroken. Women answer little function aside from mourning their men and urging them to persevere safe. In many ways, the value placed on fathers and sons in The Odyssey is cold greater than the bonds with mothers or daughters. Anticleia, Odysseus mother, cannot even exist without her son as she dies by and by waiting for years for him to come home. For Anticleia and other women, the entire purpose for population is to look after, nurture, and protect their sons and husbands. However, no female character in The Odyssey is instead as complex as the grief-stricken Penelope. Some women are cognize for the wo rks of their sons or husbands, but never for a heroic deed of their own, their personalities, and what they do them...

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