The Odyssey
Throughout Odysseus long journey over the course of twenty years, Penelope continues to wait for her one true love, Odysseus. Penelope is patient, and loyal. Penelope and Telemakhos are approached countless times by the suitors, whom she will be forced to remarry. Nearly everyone tries to convince her that Odysseus will never return. No one can convince her to remarry, so soon she is forced. Penelope has waited and waited for her one true love to return from the battle at Troy. She has waited for him for twenty years, and still he has not returned. She does everything she can to obtain the marriage and family she has. Penelope is loyal and faithful wife who deserves to be happy ...
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plan worked, until the Akhaians caught her and forced her to finish it. She was extremely crushed, and disappointed. The Akhaians told Telemakhos that,
"He has to dismiss her mother from the house, or make her marry the man her father names and she prefers."
The Akhaians tell her that they'll never go anywhere else, until she takes and Akhaian to liking. Several incidents like this occurred throughout the book, and every time, Penelope refused. She believes very strongly that her Lord Odysseus will return home, partly because they have always had a strong marriage, partly because she's not ready to accept that he's "gone," and partly because of the passion and love that she has for him. Either way, regardless of what anyone else says. All that she can do is wait….
Some people would think Penelope stubborn. I mean, her husband goes off to Troy to fight, and hasn't returned home twenty years after the battle has ended. Even still, she believes he will come home, and ...
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