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Odysseus, disguised as the beggar, tells Penelope that Odysseus stayed with him before he had set sail for Troy. What is your interpretation of Odysseus's motives for doing this?

Odysseus wants Penelope to know that her husband is still alive.
Odysseus wants to see if Penelope is paying attention to him.
Odysseus wants to know if Penelope remained loyal to him.
Odysseus wants to know if Penelope has remarried.

Respuesta :

The first one, about letting her know he alive.

Answer:

  • Odysseus wants Penelope to know that her husband is still alive.  

Explanation:

Odysseus must portray himself as a hobo since he needs the component of amazement on his side when he stands up to the suitors. Keep in mind that Odysseus has just been informed that the suitors must pass on. His mask isn't something that he has quite recently put together himself, Athena, the goddess of shrewdness, is helping Odysseus. She is the person who revealed to him that it is savvies to go to Ithaca wearing a camouflage. Athena is really the person who shrouds Odysseus in his hobo mask. She has not just dressed him in clothes, however she has made him look old and worn out. His face is canvassed in a turning gray whiskers and he resembles an elderly person.

Truth be told, in Book 16 Athena can barely contain herself when father and child are so near each other in Eumaeus' home that she entices Odysseus outside where she continues to lift his mask, transforming him from youthful to old. At the point when Telemachus looks at the once old and tired hobo he is sure that it is a divine being on the grounds that the change is so extraordinary. Athena replaces his mask and Odysseus goes into his royal residence as the homeless person and Penelope doesn't remember him, enabling him to hold quick to his element of surprise.