Read the passage from The Odyssey - Penelope. "My lady, never a man in the wide world should have a fault to find with you. Your
name has gone out under heaven like the sweet honor of some god-fearing king, who rules in equity over the strong: his black lands bear both wheat and barley, fruit trees laden bright, new lambs at lambing time—and the deep sea gives great hauls of fish by his good strategy, his folk fare well.” Based on the epic simile, the reader should envision Penelope as a queen who is
A) conscientious.
B) decisive.
C) judgmental.
D) righteous.
Based on the epic simile, the reader should envision Penelope as a queen who is <u>D) righteous</u>.
Explanation:
By definition, a righteous person is someone upstanding, decent. Someone who does everything according to what is morally correct. In the excerpt we are studying here, Penelope is described as a righteous woman. She has no fault, no blame, since she constantly does what is right. Her name is talked of in association with honor, equity, fruitfulness.
<span>to help the reader draw their own conclusion about whether they agree with the points being made for themselves. Essentially, even though there is no answer required, the conclusion inevitably coincides with the points Wollstonecraft has crafted.</span>
