What is the conflict for Penelope in the odyssey?

Answer 1

Penelope had several tests:

1. String Odysseus' bow and and with it shoot an arrow through a dozen axe handles. Whoever did so, she would wed.

2. Proving Odysseus' identity: Know the way their marriage bed was constructed, so that he could catch her lie when she said it was moved. No one but Odysseus and Penelope among mortals knew how it was constructed.

3. Having the suitors prove their intentions by having them offer her gifts. This tests the suitors' resolve, wealth, and status, even though she does not wish to marry any of them.

Answer 2

Penelope's main conflict in "The Odyssey" is dealing with the suitors who are trying to marry her while her husband Odysseus is away. She must balance her loyalty to Odysseus with the pressure to choose a suitor. This conflict drives much of the tension in the epic as Penelope tries to outwit the suitors and remain faithful to her husband.

Answer 3

Penelope was Odysseus wife, queen of Ithaca. She was the daughter of Icarius and Periboea.

Her beauty was renowned, so much so that over a hundred suitors came to beg her hand in marriage when Odysseus was thought dead. She is sly and cunning, and is often seen as an archetype of the faithful wife. She is awaiting her husband's trip home.

Answer 4

Penelope is the Queen of Ithaca, wife to Odysseus. People think Odysseus is dead, since he has not yet returned from the war, and so wish to marry Penelope. Hundreds of suitors come to her house to vie for her hand in marriage. Little do they know that Odysseus is still alive, and coming home to Ithaca.

Answer 5

she had to resist the suitors be a devoted and ideal spouse. And had to remain faithful no matter how unfaithful Odysseus was.

Answer 6

Penelope is one of the main characters in Homer's epic, The Odyssey.

Answer 7

A shroud for Laertes, her father-in-law.