Explain the character traits that both odysseus and penelope possess. provide examples to support your answer.

There are several characteristics that both Penelope and Odysseus share. For example, both characters are witty and clever. Odysseus displays this throughout his journey, such as during his encounter with the cyclops. Penelope shows it in the way she is able to deceive her suitors for a long time.

Both characters are also committed to each other. This is shown by the fact that Penelope does not remarry, and Odysseus constantly tries to get back to Ithaca.

Finally, both characters are respectful of the gods and of Greek customs. This causes them to generally be favoured by them as well, as shown by the fact that Athena tries to help both characters through their struggles.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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