Characters (Atwood The Penelopiad)
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The Naiad
-Penelope's mother
-naiad=water nymph/semi-goddess
-taught her to "behave like water" and flow around obstacles
Telemachus
-Penelope's son
-same age as the Maids(hangs them)
The Maids
-same age as Telemachus(choose not to drown him->their death)
Helen
-overwhelming beauty
-her abduction started the Trojan War(Odysseus left Penelope+Telemachus to fight in Trojan War/save Helen)
-Penelope jealous of Helen
Eurycleia
-Odysseus' old loyal maid
-takes over motherly duties in raising Telemachus
-gives Penelope something to make her sleep through the murder of the maids->cannot tell Telemachus/Odysseus that they were loyal
Penelope
-story is told after her death(text takes place in Hades)
-doesn't stand up for maids when they are called disloyal(sleeps through it=passive)
Melantho
-One of Penelope's main maids
-helps her deceive suitors
-gets sexually assaulted by suitor
-hung by Telemachus because Penelope didn't save her
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