Answer:
What does this mean, and what do you want us to answer?
Explanation:
<span>What is the definition of "theme"?
</span><span>C.the Central message or insight revealed in a text
i've written a lot of papers for school in my life so I know.
Anyway, I hope this helps you :)</span>
Answer:
Odysseus tests his father to check his loyalty and to know if Laertes truly is his father and not someone else in disguise.
Explanation:
In the book 24 of "The Odyssey" Odysseus goes to Ithaca, to his father's farm. Laertes was the name of Odysseus's father. In this book, Odysseus travels back to the land to meet his father alone.
<u>When Odysseus enters the house of Laertes, his father, he observes that his father had become aged now because of the grief for his son and wife. Laertes was no able to recognize Odysseus because of his old age. </u>
<u>Odysseus test the loyalty of Laertes and to test his true identity did not reveal himself immediately but when his father began crying he revealed his identity.</u>
