Read the passage from The Odyssey - Penelope. Ruses serve my turn to draw the time out—first a close-grained web I had the happy
thought to set up weaving on my big loom in the hall. I said, that day: 'Young men—my suitors, now my lord is dead let me finish my weaving before I marry, or else my thread will have been spun in vain. It is a shroud I weave for Lord Laertes when cold Death comes to lay him on his bier. The country wives would hold me in dishonor if he, with all his fortune, lay unshrouded.' I reached their hearts that way, and they agreed. So every day I wove on the great loom, but every night by torchlight I unwove it; and so for three years I deceived the Akhaians. Which line from the passage best shows that Penelope is clever?
So every day I wove on the great loom, but every night by torchlight I unwove it; and so for three years I deceived the Akhaians.
Explanation:
This famous passage from the <em>Odyssey </em>is exemplar in showing how clever —and faithful— Penelope was. Not wanting to remarry, and hoping that Odysseus would eventually return, she came up with this ruse to postpone the moment where she would be forced to choose one of her suitors and marry him. This detail, once Odysseus finally comes back, is decisive in demonstrating to Odysseus that his wife had remained faithful.
I think it's because we are in a new era where we begin to fully understand the meaning of certain things that generations never really took the time out to learn about or were never given to chance to learn of at a certain age and we just try to make a difference by not letting detrimental parts of history repeat itself. That's how I see it hope it helps.
I therefore conclude that Learning from our mistakes and always conducting a positive attitude is the key to success. Having the confidence and optimistic attitude towards situations gradually helps you reach your goals.
