Read the following passage and answer the question. so by day she'd weave at her great and growing web – by night, by the light of torches placed beside her, she would unravel all she's done. three whole years she deceived us, seduced us with this scheme. what does the "web" in the passage above refer to? a great spider who lives in the palace. the web of lies penelope tells the suitors when they ask for her hand in marriage. the tapestry that she is making for her father-in-law. the silk that penelope and her maids gather to make dresses.