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Illiad and Odyssy help please

In the Odyssey, why does Penelope weave a shroud each day and then unweave it each night?

A.
Since she promised to bury Odysseus in the shroud, this is her way of delaying her husband's funeral.

B.
Since she promised to remarry when the shroud is complete, this is her way of delaying her second marriage.

C.
Since the shroud is meant to be a veil for Telemachus' bride, this is her way of delaying her son's wedding.

D.
Since the shroud is meant to be a funeral cloth for Laertes, this is her way of delaying her father-in-law's death.


Sagot :

the answer is B._Since she promised to remarry when the shroud is complete, this is her way of delaying her second marriage. if she did she would not need to remarry and could wait more time for Odysseus.

Answer: The right answer is the B) Since she promised to remarry when the shroud is complete, this is her way of delaying her second marriage.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little more on the answer, it can be added that when her husband, Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, left in order to fight at the Trojan War, dozens of men proposed to her. She, however, was very loyal to her husband, so, in order to dissuade them, and buy time (and since Odysseus was absent for twenty years), she conceived various tricks. She once decided to weave a burial shroud for her father-in-law, Laertes, and told her suitors that, once finished, she would marry one of them. She went ahead and started weaving it, but every night she undid what she had woven during the day. She was able to do this trick for three years, until she was finally caught.