Odyssey: Differences Between The Movie And The Epic

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One of the major differences between the movie and the epic poem is that in the movie the suitors treat Penelope horribly while in the epic they treat her better. Penelope’s suitors wear out their welcome in her palace and she wants them to leave but they will not. In the epic the suitors tried to get on Penelope’s good side to become her new husband and to become king. Penelope and Telemachus are both treated with disrespect when it comes to the suitors. This puts in more emotion and it really convinces the audience to dislike the suitors as well, and when Odysseus returns it puts in a good reason to get so angry and aggressive with them and want to kill them. After Odysseus returned, in the book he was angry with the suitors so he threatened

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