I’m working on a humanities writing question and need guidance to help me study.Consider the introduction of Penelope’s response to Phemius, and Telemachus’ words to her on (specifically lines 409-414):So, mother,go back to your quarters. Tend to your own tasks,the distaff and the loom, and keep the womenworking hard as well.
As for giving orders, men will see to that, but I most of all:I hold the reins of power in this house.Is this the behavior Athena desired of Telemachus when she says, “Reach down deep in your heart and soul/ For a way to kill these suitors in your house,/ By stealth or in open combat./ You must not cling to your boyhood any longer–/ It’s time you were a man” ( lines 338-341)? Is this the way men are expected to speak to women?
The way sons speak to their mothers?
How can you explain Telemachus’ tone?
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