Friday, February 12, 2010

Weathering the change of the paradigm shift and a woman;s cunning.

Weathering the change of the paradigm shift and a woman;s cunning.

I have had at least one person suggest looking at Korean myth next, so that will be my next choice, any other suggestions for after the Korean myth is welcomed.It should be very interesting

Odysseus has his house fumigated after getting rid of the bodies and exciting the unfaithful servants who helped the suitors. These servants are made to repair the damages they caused Greece represented by Odysseus house hold as well as the damage caused trying to rid Greece of the pesty suitors that are as dirty as that which bugs you for the sake of the sanitary peaceful virtuous living of the Greeks. It is always good to be on good terms with bugs but suitors are very bad for the health of your soul body and mind. After the executions are done Eurycleia goes upstairs to retrieve Penelope. She has allegedly slept through the entire ordeal. Slept through it as a misogynist might think a women to do. Were the women unaware of what was occurring, I would say no. She continues her cunning acting shocked at the appearance of Odysseus with her own eyes. She stay aloof. Her reaction is chastised by Telemachus who remarks that she did not act like a wife who has not seen her husband in a long time. Was she sleeping and just unable to believe or is she acting in such a fashion to hide her knowledge and cunning concerning the situation to make all the heroism seem male? Her plot to bring the suitors together off guard and her calling out to make sure Odysseus knew she was faithful turned to stunned disbelief? No time for soft hugs or greeting by a pouting women in shock, no time thinks Penelopa for sentimental greetings, the shock is hidden by her happiness but more pressing matters now exist. Odysseus has killed all the noble youth of Ithaca and other parts of Greece: Their being no longer a living model for other Greeks to be drawn a stray by. Their parents will not be pleased with their deaths so Odysseus and family decide to hang low at their farm to avoid instant confrontation from said parents. These parents are too old to sway Greece as paradigms and unlike Odysseus and Telemachus they no longer have heirs to their legacy. A minstrel begins playing a happy song to hide the conflict that has just occurred. He plays a song reflecting the sentiments of all those in the palace, even if the suitors are not a living present to all those passing by the song is a sign that happy and good things are a foot within the palace. The legend of the conflict is already marked by joyous celebration even if it will take time to weather the change of paradigms and authority in Greece. The laying low represents the need to bid time as the reaction to the paradigm shift proliferates and those who fostered and thrived off the old system fad without heirs to their tyranny and give way to a new way represented by Odysseus, Telemachus Penelope and their extended family of servants and friends.

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