So I'll give you specific detail and the answer to your question is: <span>
She is loyal and faithful to Odysseus she never gives
in those suitors after all, even though Odysseus is said to have
fathered illegitimate sons all over the Mediterranean during his
travels.
Penelope is also clever although usually it's Odysseus who is said to
be clever or wily. But when she's backed into a corner and forced to
choose a suitor, Penelope agrees she'll wed one of them, but first must
weave this special cloth. Then, as the suitors get drunk as skunks each
day, she weaves in full view. But at night, while they're all sleeping
it off, she stays up late, ripping out everything she wove during the
daylight hours. So she makes very little progress on this weaving! And
they're too stupid to notice.
She must also be very forceful in her personality, although she doesn't
come off this way in the story. Because she's ruling Ithaca in the
absence of her husband, for 20 years. He's at Troy for 10 years, you
know. Then it takes him another 10 years to get home. Somebody had to
be ruling the roost! That was Penelope. So you may not find any text
to back this up, but I'm telling you, she had to have some backbone to
her! He promptly abandoned
her again and sailed away once more, as soon as he got her pregnant
again! Then he off and marries somebody else in the next country. So I hope this helps</span>
A character trait that both Penelope and Odysseus share is cleverness. Typically, Odysseus is considered to be the one that is clever. Penelope is clever because when is forced to choose between the suitors, she says that she will marry, but not until she has finished weaving a shroud for Laertes. Everyday she adds a little more to the weaving. However, she has been unweaving it every night, and the suitors are none the wiser! Another quality the Penelope possesses is her being loyal to her husband, even though has been away for 17 years.
