[[WHAT EFFECT DO THE WOMEN ROLES IN THE ODYSSEY HAVE ON ODYSSEUS???]]?

Question: [[WHAT EFFECT DO THE WOMEN ROLES IN THE ODYSSEY HAVE ON ODYSSEUS!?!?!?]]!?

I HAVE TO STUDY WHAT EACH LEAD FEMALE CHARACTER [PENELOPE, ATHENA, AND CALPSO] HAVE ON ODYSSEUS!.!.!. LIKE WHAT DO THEY REPRESENT AND BRING OUT OF ODYSSEUS!?!?!? I WAS DOING THIS ON MY OWN BUT IM KINDA STUCK A LITTLE!. I HAVE ONE FOR CALYPSO BUT I HAVE NO IDEA FOR THE OTHER TWO!.!.!. SOMEONE PLZ HELP ME! =]Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Seductresses

Women are very important figures in the Odyssey, and one of the most prominent roles they fulfill is that of seductress!. Circe and Calypso are the most obvious examples of women whose love becomes an obstacle to Odysseus's return!. Homer presents many other women whose irresistible allure threatens to lead men astray!. The Sirens enchant Odysseus with their lovely song, and even Penelope, despite all of her contempt for the suitors, seems to be leading them on at times!. She uses her feminine wiles to conceal her ruse of undoing, every night, her day's work on the burial shroud, and even gets the suitors to give her gifts, claiming that she will marry the one who gives her the nicest things!. While these women do gain a certain amount of power through their sexual charms, they are ultimately all subject to divine whim, forced to wait and pine for love when it is absent!.

It's just an hint, here u can find more than this
http://www!.sparknotes!.com/lit/odyssey/th!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

if you actually read the book then you would understandWww@QuestionHome@Com