... force.' His wit and intelligence bail him out of dire situations and these are all features of great heroes. He is seen as the archetypal hero, loving husband and father whose only wish is to return home. On the other hand, the Penelopiad depicts Odysseus as a sly and deceptive ... wiliness, his foxiness his unscrupulous'. The accumulation of negative qualities leaves a different impression of Odysseus than that of the Odyssey. The contradictory nature of Odysseus' character is expressed in the Odyssey and Penelopiad. Penelope is the wife of Odysseus who is not only trying to raise their ...

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... with the intellect of irony is the primary interpretation of this essay. The readers of these two stories must appreciate the epics of both. Within the poem The Odyssey, Odysseus is construed as the hero that eventually returns to his wife, Penelope. After conquering Poseidon, Odysseus is plans to make a fourteen-year journey across the Mediterranean Sea; the journey that stands between ... ...

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