In lines 1561-1590, Penelope tests Odysseus to see if he is really her husband. What is the test?
She tells Eurycleia to move the bed, and Odysseus gets angry.
How does Penelope Test Odysseus?
How does Penelope test Odysseus? Penelope has not seen her husband for many years. When Odysseus returns, Penelope doesn't recognize him and cannot be sure that Odysseus is really who he says he is. She tests
Odysseus by ordering her servant Eurycleia to move their marriage bed.
How does Penelope test Odysseus book 23?
When Odysseus returns, Penelope doesn't recognize him and cannot be sure that Odysseus is really who he says he is. She tests Odysseus by
ordering her servant Eurycleia to move their marriage bed
.
Why does Penelope test Odysseus toward the end of Part 2?
Why does Penelope test Odysseus toward the end of Part 2?
She wants to see if he is still as intelligent as he was in his youth
. She wants him to demonstrate to the people that he is really their king.
Why does Penelope test Odysseus after hearing he has returned?
When she is at last satisfied, what reason does she give for her seeming coldness? She tests him by
mentioning that their bed could be moved from their room
. However Odysseus answers giving detail as to how he made the bed and why it can't be moved (Olive tree).
Why do Odysseus and Penelope test each other?
Odysseus wants revenge on the suitors. They have wasted a lot of his wealth, by living at his expense during his absence. … When Odysseus returns, Penelope doesn't recognize him and cannot be sure that Odysseus is really who he says he is. She tests
Odysseus by ordering her servant Eurycleia to move their marriage bed
.
Is Odysseus loyal to Penelope?
Even though Odysseus has been stranded from home for many years, he still
remains loyal to his wife
. Odysseus is truly loyal to Penelope because he leaves Ogygia (where he was trapped) as soon as possible, puts all of his effort into making it home to his wife, and even flirts with Princess Nausicaa to get him home.
Why does the disguised Odysseus make up a story and tell Penelope that her husband will be home soon?
Penelope summons the “beggar” Odysseus and questions him. … Why does the disguised Odysseus make up a story and tell Penelope that her husband will be home soon?
To prepare Penelope emotionally for recognizing and welcoming her husband.
What best summarizes the conflict in Part 2 of the Odyssey?
What summarizes the conflict in Part 2 of the Odyssey?
Odysseus must deal forcefully with his wife's suitors and determine her attitude toward him
.
What test does Penelope give the suitors?
The test was that Penelope says that
she will marry whichever suitor can string the bow and then shoot an arrow through 12 axe handles
. None of the suitors can even string the bow so none of them even gets a shot at the axe handles. So this is a way of showing that Odysseus is much stronger than any of the suitors.
Does Penelope cheat on Odysseus?
Pausanias records the story that
Penelope had in fact been unfaithful to Odysseus
, who banished her to Mantineia upon his return. … Other sources report that Penelope had sex with all 108 suitors in Odysseus' absence, and gave birth to Pan as a result.
Why does Penelope chide the suitors?
The goddess gives her extra stature and beauty to inflame their hearts. When Penelope speaks to the suitors,
she leads them on by telling them that Odysseus had instructed her to take a new husband if
he should fail to return before Telemachus began growing facial hair.
What does Penelope take out of the storage room?
The goddess Athena puts it in Penelope's mind to choose
Odysseus's bow
for the contest. She gets Odysseus's bow out of storage and takes it out to the contest.
Why doesn't Odysseus tell Penelope he is back before killing the suitors?
Having been away from home for twenty years, Odyssey doesn't immediately reveal his identity to Penelope
because he needs to ensure that he can trust her and that she remains loyal to him
.
Why does Penelope devise the contest with the bow?
why do you think Penelope devises the contest with the bow?
Penelope knows that Odysseus is the only one who can shoot the arrow through the 12 arrowheads
. she makes it so that she won't have to marry someone else. this reveals that she is clever.
What difficulty does Penelope say the gods gave to her and Odysseus?
He was cautious in the past she wants to be cautious now. What difficulty does Penelope say the gods gave her and Odysseus?
Separating them for 20 years
.
