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Q: How will Penelope choose her new husband?
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What does Penelope think Odysseus is?

Penelope believes that Odysseus is dead and will not return to Ithaca after the Trojan War. She is surrounded by suitors who are pressuring her to choose one of them as her new husband.


In Book 1 when Penelope returns to her room the suitors hope?

The suitors hope that Penelope will choose one of them as her new husband, as they believe Odysseus will never return. They have been pressuring Penelope to make a decision and have been waiting for her to give them an answer.


How does Penelope say she is going to choose her new husband?

Penelope informed her suitors that she was going to weave the death shroud for Odysseus' father and won't choose a new husband until she is finished. Every night she would undo the weaving that she had done on the previous day. Eventually a disloyal servant ratted her out and the suitors made her finish the shroud. Needless to say, Odysseus returned in the nick of time.


What did Penelope do when she found out her son had left in search of information about his father?

She Fasted


What tale does Penelope tell the beggar?

Penelope tells the beggar the story of how Odysseus had woven a shroud for her father-in-law Laertes, promising to choose a new husband once she finished. She would unravel the shroud at night to postpone remarrying and had done so for three years.


Who was Penelope's husband?

Odysseus


What does Odysseus tell Penelope she must do if he has not returned before their son has a beard on his face?

find a new husband


What queen Penelope's husband's name?

marc


What is the trick Penelope uses to postpone choosing one of the suitors as a husband?

Penelope tells the suitors that she will choose a husband once she finishes weaving a burial shroud for her father-in-law, Laertes. Each night, she secretly unravels the shroud, delaying her decision indefinitely.


Is taio cruz and Penelope cruz husband and wife?

No they are not


How does the stranger affect Penelope?

The stranger tests Penelope's loyalty and patience by trying to woo her in Odysseus's absence. Penelope uses the stranger's presence as a way to buy time and delay having to choose a suitor, while secretly hoping for Odysseus's return.


How is Eurycleia loyal to Penelope?

Although Eurycleia is considered Odysseus' mistress, she tells Penelope that her husband is home from Troy