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Margaret AtwoodThe Penelopiad
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
One of the book’s epigraphs is from The Odyssey, and states, regarding Penelope: “The glory of her virtue will not fade with the years, but the deathless gods themselves will make a beautiful song for mortal ears in honour of the constant Penelope.” How do you think the Penelope of Atwood’s novella would respond to this characterization?
Penelope refers to herself as “A stick used to beat other women with.” What does she mean by that? Why is she used as such?
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