Question

What is Penelope's web?

A.
the spell that an enchantress casts on Odysseus's men to turn them into pigs

B.
a shroud that Odysseus's wife weaves by day and unweaves by night

C.
the plan that Odysseus develops to trick the Cyclops and escape from his cave

D.
a cloak that Hector's wife makes for her husband to wear for protection

Answer 1

what you say here...?

Answer 2

In the book The Odyssey what is the Penelope's web? And what was it made for and what's it's purpose?

Answer 3

Penelope was the wife of the ancient Greek warrior, Odysseus, who fought ten years in the Trojan War and journeyed for ten more years before returning home. Penelope waited for Odysseus's return: during this wait, her son grew to maturity; her mother-in-law, with whom she lived, died of grief, suiciding; and many suitors courted Ithaca's queen. Her father-in-law retired to the hills, living among the herders: she, alone, managed the household. As was the custom, the suitors came to her home, exploiting her hospitality, screwing her servants, insulting her son, insisting Odysseus was dead and would never return. She developed a stratagem to delay them against his return: every day she wove the shroud for her father-in-law's eventual burial, and each night she unraveled nearly all the day's work. For years, she kept the suitors away until they found out about the unraveling from a servant. They confronted her, and still she declined their posturing, seeking the goddess's protection until Odysseus, in disguise, drew near.

Penelope's power is self-contained and not contingent upon Odysseus's presence.

The series, Penelope's web, is about power: the power of personal integrity amid the complexity of domesticity. The web is a symbol of protection. It is about connections to the dead and the living, about hope's secret struggle against despair. It is about connections and threads, which may unravel but remain connected to the true heart. It is about sending messages across the wine-dark sea, never knowing whether they will be heard. It is about protecting oneself, one's household in the face of insults, adversity, transgression and abandonment.
Penelope's web of protection can be a metaphor to explore our stewardship of the planet. We cannot neglect our duty, especially to our urban environment; we can use our creative skills to devise new strategies to protect our earth household, neither to exploit nor abandon it. Nor can we await someone else to complete it. Rather, we are the caretakers whose struggle retains the inheritance for posterity and dignity for the honored guest.

Answer 4

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http://www.planetart.us/penelope.html

Answer 5

Ah thank you that helps a lot. :D

Answer 6

pleasure...

Answer 7

It's B and I got it right thanks to your help thanks again. :D