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"fought to win their city, take their women" "he killed me, he with my own accursed wife" "but she, that whore, she turned her back on me"

Women aren't valued and are there to take and they should obey the men.

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The ghost appears to be cut deeper by the actions of his wife than those of his enemy Aegisthus
The betrayal has filled him with anger

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Death is destiny which cannot be changed. Lack of mercy and heartlessness in the Marshal’s murder. Representing women as either victims or villains there are no strong heroines in the extract. Deceit from his own wife shows women as Eve (Genesis).

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Imagery of women as objects “weapon” , could reiterate the ideology of women being dangerous, as there is repetition of violent language in relation to women such as “slaughtered”, “vengeance”.

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Clear mistrust of women. Odysseus being told to be careful of women and to “never indulge her” with the truth (of his wife).

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All women are bad and ‘bestial’ except for Odysseus’ wife. Double standards?

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He just seems overly annoyed because he was tricked into his own death

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The betrayal from his wife contrasts odysseus' wifes fidelity and loyalty to him

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The importance of woman’s faithfulness and devotion to men is emphasised through the ghost. The murder pushed him over the edge causing him to blame women similar to the condemnation of Eve by God

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"then cut me down as a man cuts down some ox at the trough"

"All my comrades killed [...] just like white tusked boars

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The clash between Agamemnon saying that Penelope would never betray Odysseus and saying ‘the time for trusting women’s gone forever!’

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Gender roles / expectations. Man v Woman. Talks about a son embracing a father. Soft imagery whereas the depictions of the woman are harsh/mistrust/secretive

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‘But she, that whore, she turned her back on me’

This shows the entitlement that men feel about women. They feel entitled to a woman’s acceptance and become angry by calling her a ‘whore’ simply when she decides to reject him.

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Presentation of women as animalistic: ‘bestial and ‘monstrous’ and untrustworthy: ‘the time for trusting women’s gone forever!’

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Page 1 : betrayal/ dishonourable traits

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An overall sense of women being deceitful and a danger to men

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“win their city, take their women” — the city is more valuable than the women, because women can be taken but the city must be earned

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Could correlate with the Adam and Eve

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blame whole gender on the mistake of two women

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Odysseus asks how the general died, and the answer is almsost word for word mimicking the question

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The ghost appears very bitter,using language such as wretched and treacherous
He appears to hate his wife, she is possibly the reason for his bitterness?

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There's many negative connotations of women being mentioned on the second side such as never putting your trust in a women and that Odysseus' wife is too 'steady and her feelings run 'too deep implying she is too vulnerable and emotional to murder.

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Traditional image of a father returning triamphantly home, ‘ His beloved father will come sailing home and see his son.’
Shows strong family ties.

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Odysseus’ fight for survival continues dispite the fact that he is returning home. In the underworld he is told to distrust his own family.

'Never out in the open... the time for trusting women’s gone forever!’

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Side one. The question over a heroic death. The several titles for odysseus.

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Side one. The question over a heroic death. The several titles for odysseus.

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Extremely powerful verbs bringing images - ‘wretched’, ‘butchered’.

Examples of polymētis - ‘mastermind of war, I was not wrecked’ shows Odysseus, as the hero/protagonist, inherently possesses the qualities essential for survival. ‘Fatal stroke’, however, suggests that it is his ‘destiny’ to die, and he has survived beyond that prophecy.

Theme of the sea being the enemy - Poseidon is mentioned to have ‘roused some punish[ment]’ which also brings in divine intervention.