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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ALL You Have Viewed Too Many Free Essays, Term Papers, and Book Reports. Odyssey Odyssey The Odyssey: Faithfulness vs. Unfaithfulness In The Odyssey, Homer presents a double standard to the reader. While the author really applause the men who are unfaithful to their wives, the women remain faithful to their husbands. This concept is shown through the epic’s two main characters, Odysseus and Penelope. Odysseus is unfaithful to his wife Penelope. Calypso, a goddess has captured Odysseus, the hero of Homer’s epic poem, when his ship is blown off course. For seven years, she “keeps” him as her lover on her island, Ogygia. Although Odysseus longs for home, he does not truly resist nor object to her detaining him. Even when he knows he will be returning home the next day, he spends the time with Calypso, “….and now, with drawing into the cavern’s clear recesses lay in each others arms they lost themselves in love.”(5.250-251) Odysseus tells Calypso , “look at my wise Penelope. (his wife) She falls far short of you, your beauty, stature, she is mortal after all….yet I pine all my days-to travel home and see the dawn of my return.” (5.239-241) Ironically, Odysseus does not see himself as being “unfaithful” to Penelope. Odysseus sees Penelope odysseus, penelope, wife, homer, calypso, odyssey, home, faithful, even, years, unfaithful, standard, epic, double, day, clear, while, twenty, truly, through, take, sympathetic, suitors, short, really, presents, poem, penelope’s, outwits, outwit, marriage, lover, husband, great, circe Word Count: 1101 Acceptance_Essays American_History Anatomy_&_Physiology Animal_Science_&_Zoology Anthropology Architecture Art Astronomy Aviation Biographies Book_Reports Business Computers Creative_Writing Current_Events Economics Education Engineering English Environmental_Science Ethics European_History Film_&_TV Foreign_Languages Geography Government_&_Politics Health_&_Beauty History_Other Human_Sexuality Legal_Issues Marketing Mathematics Medicine Miscellaneous Music Mythology Philosophy Physics Poetry Political_Science Psychology Religion Science Shakespeare Social_Issues Sociology Speech Sports_&_Recreation Supernatural Technology Theater Theses_&_Dissertations

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