... certain characters to animals. Throughout the poem, the suitors are referred to as wolves. When Penelope learns from Medon, the crier, of the suitors" plan to intercept Telemakhos at sea and murder him she also refers to them as wolves. She cries, "Each day you crowd this house like wolves / to eat away my ... a snapshot of what is in store for the suitors. The fawn here is not portrayed as a tranquil, docile animal, but as unassuming prey to a much stronger, calculated predator. In this case, Odysseus is the predator. This predation is illustrated in the following simile: spattered an...

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... many trials that are described in The Odyssey, 108 suitors have descended upon his palace at Ithaca. Their aim is to convince Penelope, Odysseus' wife, that her husband is dead and she must remarry. They also have wild parties every night, eat the livestock and food in the palace, and leave Odysseus' home in disarray every night. Telemachos does not have the ... ago. Telemachos gives a compelling speech on why the suitors should leave his house, but it is evident that he still has a lot of maturing to do. At the end of his speech, "in hot anger [Telemachos] threw his staff to the ground...

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