If you are unable to host the strangers, it is your duty to "send them to someone who could host them well". ... Eumaios saying this shows that he is a good man and will give as much as he possibly can to any stranger including Odysseus. ... In these contrasting ways, Odysseus was shown both good and bad hospitality through a variety of characters. ... Throughout Telemachos" coming of age, his character welcomes strangers with kindness and generosity, which he and his people highly benefit from this. ... Hospitality reveals itself as a domineering factor in the way characters act and the way c...

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Next, she begins to question her son, wondering why he his manners have gone astray and why he is permitting the stranger to be so abused by the suitors. Could she be analyzing the sudden, questionable relationship between her son and the stranger? ... This is a very strange thing for a queen to request of a stranger, but shows how Penelope is just trying to lure Odysseus into revealing himself. ... Also, Penelope's unique, strong character is the reason why Odysseus kept fighting through countless struggles to return to the island of Ithaca. ... This monster does not appear in the charac...

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The characters" misguided judgment leads their lives to be shifted in sometimes misguided yet crucial directions that bring out the characters" personalities. ... The various characters often pray to different gods for assistance in their battles and struggles. ... Only certain characters know who is behind a god's disguise, and those characters are usually only a few other trusted gods and/or select mortals. ... Readers see the true personality and integrity of the characters. ... "When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly...

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It also involves many high ranking characters as well as taking place in an open and public setting. ... The chorus observes and sees that Clytemnestra is acting a little stranger and more nervous than normal. ...

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He says, "Friends, we're hardly strangers at meeting danger- and this danger is no worse than what we face when the Cyclops penned us up in his vaulted cave with crushing force! ... As we see the hero's journey and epic characteristics merge, we are better able to understand the book and the character of Odysseus....

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IV- Characters: • Odysseus- also known as Ulysses; King of Ithaca; considered as the shrewdest among the warriors; a Greek hero; thinker of the Trojan Horse • Penelope- wife of Odysseus • Athena- Goddess of War, Wisdom, and Handicrafts; a.k.a Minerva in Roman Mythology; favored the Greeks during the Trojan War; daughter of Zeus and Hera. ...

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