The Odyssey Questions Book 22: How might the exact nature of the death of Antinous
Book 22
- How might the exact nature of the death of Antinous be seen as a punishment that perfectly fits his crimes?
- In killing men entrapped in a small space for eating food that does not belong to them, what earlier character in the Odyssey does Odysseus parallel?
- Telemachus makes a mistake in Book 21 that in this book gives the suitors more of a fighting chance. What is this mistake, and why do you think the Odyssey has things work out this way?
- What self-referential decision does the poet make in determining whom Odysseus spares?
- What scene in this book do you find most disturbing, and why?
- Do you think of Odysseus as a hero by the end of this book, and why or why not?
