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Juliet might live in heaven, but death is everywhere around her.

The Odyssey Book 21 and 22

1. He did not have it at Troy because he does not fight with the bow, he only hunts with it. Lines 47-49. He kept it stored away in his stately house, guarding the memory of a cherished friend, and only took that bow on hunts at home.
2. She starts crying because she misses Odysseus. Line 62-65- Reaching tiptoe, lifting the bow down off its peg, still secure in the burnished case that held it, down she sank, laying the case across her knees and dissolved in tears with a high thin wail.
3. The prize is Penelope's house. Line 86-88- The hand that can string this bow with greatest ease, that shoots an arrow clean through all twelve axes-he is the man I follow, yes forsaking this house.
4. To line them up in a straight line because it would be impossible to shoot through them if they were not lined up perfectly.
5. Leodes. Line 163- The first man up was Leodes, Oenops' son.
6. He might not want any of the suitors to be able to leave because Odysseus is going to kill the suitors. Lines 456-458- so with his virtuoso ease Odysseus strung his mighty bow. Quickly his right hand plucked the string to test its pitch and under his touch it sang out clear and sharp as a swallow's cry.
7. Homer compares him stringing the bow to a singer skilled at lyre and song. Lines 453-456- then like an expert singer skilled at lyre and song- who strains a string to a new peg with ease, making the pliant sheep-gut fast at either end-so with his virtuoso ease Odysseus strung his mighty bow.
8. Odysseus shoots Antinous in the the neck with an arrow while Antinous is drinking wine. Line 8- with that he (Odysseus) trained a stabbing arrow on Antinous.
9. Odysseus hangs them. Line 497-498- so the women's heads were trapped in a line, nooses yanking their necks up one by one.
10. Odysseus wanted to purify the house. Line 519- Light me a fire to purify this house.

Penelope

Old: In the Odyssey, Penelope is a weak character. In line 410 of book one, Penelope's son tells her what to do, and in line 415, she obeys him. This shows that Penelope is a weak character because she obeys her son, and she does not even try to fight back. She is the mother, therefore she is supposed to tell her son what to do, not the other way around.

New: Penelope is a powerless charachter in the Odyssey. In line 410 of book one, Penelope is bossed around by her son, and she obeys him with no objection. This shows that she is a powerless character because she does not make an attempt to object to her son about being bossed around. This also shows she is powerless because in most familys, the mother has more power than the son, therefore she should have more power over him.

The Odyssey Books 7 and 8

1. The thought that Alcinous had which he said that the people and the gods are too close kin now. Line 240 - 241 Even when some lonely traveler meets them on the roads, they never disguise themselves. We're too close kin for that.
2. 10 days Line 291-292 drifted along nine days. On the tenth, at dead of night, the gods cast me up on Ogygia, Calypso's island.
3. She didn't escort Odysseus to the king's house with all her maids. Line 344 She never escorted you to our house with all her maids.
4. Odysseus said that he didn't want Alcinous to take offense that Odysseus was with his daughter. Line 351 what if you took offense, seeing us both together?
5. The meaning of the song is that the gods have control over what happens over the mortals. Line 93 For this was the victory sign that Apollo prophesied. Line 98 thanks to the will of Zeus who rules the world.
6. The tale of the Wooden Horse. Line 552 But come now, shift your ground. Sing of the Wooden Horse.
7. Line 585-588 but great Odysseus melted into tears, running down from his eyes to wet his cheeks... as a woman weeps, her arms flung round her darling husband.

The Odyssey book 5

1. The smell of cedar Line 66-blazed on the hearth and the smell of cedar. Line 78 Four springs in a row bubbling clear and cold. This shows both feeling and hearing. The bubbling for the hearing and the cold for the feeling. Line 80 Soft meadows spreading round were starred with violets. This shows sight.
2. Hermes finds Calypso in her home which is inside of a cave on her island. Line 64- and he found her there inside(of her cave). Odyssues is on the headland. Line 93-Off he sat on the headland, weeping there as always.
3. Calypso accuses the god of being jealous when goddesses sleep with mortals. Line 132- Scandalized when goddesses sleep with mortals.
4. Calypso will give Odyssues food, water, clothing, and a stiff following wind. Lines 184-186-And i myself will stock her with food and water, ruddy wine to your taste-all to stave off hunger-give you clothing, send you a stiff following wind.
5. He shudders and protests against Calypso because he thinks she is plotting against him. Line 190-191 -Long-enduring Odysseus shuddered at that and broke out in a sharp flight of protest.
6. Line 40 who with all their hearts wil prize him like a god