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Clearly, both Odysseus and Penelope are representing a conflict that most people will go through during the course of their lives. As, there will be times that: they will be away from one another and how they must not lose faith in themselves along with their partner. What the novel is illustrating is that, despite these issues there is a possibility that this kind of faith can be able to overcome the various challenges in every person's life.
As, both characters faced their own amounts of: uncertainty and adversity in understanding what was happening to the other. Where, their beliefs in these ideas are what helped them to overcome the issues they were dealing with. While...
This is because those who do, will often pay a heavy price that will have a dramatic impact on their lives. Those who are able to resist, will be rewarded by: receiving what they wanted the most. As a result, the two characters are lessons about how everyone should be living their lives. This is what makes comparing and contrasting them so intriguing, based upon the conflicts they are going through. (Homer)
Bibliography
Homer. The Essential Odyssey. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2007. Print.
MLA Format. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Bibliography
Homer. The Essential Odyssey. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2007. Print.
MLA Format. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
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