Throughout this essay, there will be an analysis of the context between the two stories The Penelopiad and The Souls of Black Folk. ... Within the poem The Odyssey, Odysseus is construed as the hero that eventually returns to his wife, Penelope. ... Du Bois's analysis of the racial conditions within the United States. ... There is a distinct analysis of the monetary directions of the United States as a whole, rather than segregations. ... The tragic and cynical analysis nearing the end of the story is comforting, yet not completely. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate