Question

Why doesn't Penelope confront the suitors for trying to kill Telemachus? She doesn't know they are plotting. She does—she just has no power to enforce it. She is afraid of angering the suitors. Her serving women warn her not to.

Answer 1

Penelope knew about the suitors and their plot to kill Telemachus but she did not have enough power to do anything about it.

Answer 2

Answer:

She does—she just has no power to enforce it.

Explanation:

Penelope does confront the suitors and even reminds one of them, Antinous, that his father was once saved by Odysseus. In the end, Penelope is told by the suitors that they mean no harm to her son. By then, there's nothing else that Penelope could have done.