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Clytaemnestra And Penelope - A
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In both The Odyssey and Agamemnon the role of women is presented from a patriarchal and misogynist perspective. This is shown in the two main female characters of Penelope and Clytaemnestra. Their situations offer examples of the rewards of fulfilling society's female gender role in the case of Pen ....
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....women interact.
That women were considered mere possessions is expressed clearly when one of Penelope's suitors suggests what he thinks should happen with her and the estate: (Homer, page 24, lines 204-207) 'Before the whole assembly I advise Telemakhos/ to send his mother to her father's house;/ let them arrange her wedding there, and fix/ a portion suitable for a valued daughter.' She began as the property of her father, became the property of Odysseus; when Odysseus left she devolved onto her.... |
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