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Plot Book: 21 Odysseus strings his bow
Plot Book: 21 Odysseus strings his bow
By: Xavier Morice
Climax
Odysseus strings the bow through the twelve axes with facility, and he proves that he is back, meaning that he will marry Penelope, although they were already married.
Rising Action
Odysseus spots Eumaeus and Philoetius and he proves that he is Odysseus by showing them his scar. He tells Eumaeus to go and to Bring him his bow in order to prove that he is back. Eumaeus brings the bow to Odysseus.
Falling action
Falling action: Zeus sends a sign and it is a thunderclap.
Rising Action
Eurymachus tries to string the bow and he fails just like the previous suitors. Atinous has the idea of doing that the next day and having
the fest right in that moment and everybody likes the idea.
Rising Action
Telemachus, Odysseus son, is the first one to try but he gets a sign from Odysseus telling him not to do it so he hands it to the first suitors who also fails.
Conflict
Resolution
The conflict in book 21 is that all the suitors want to marry Penelope and that means that Penelope lost the hope of having Odysseus back home.
Odysseus smiles to Telemachus because they both knew that the time has come of killing the suitors
Symbolism
A symbol shown in book 21 is Odysseus's bow. This because it is representing life before when Odysseus was a king and he didn't have many suitors behind his wife. It shows how he is different from many suitors and how it is meant for him to be with Penelope
Exposition
Foreshadowing
"He picked on ready arrow from his table where it lay bare: the rest were waiting still in the quiver for the young men's turn to come" (Fagles 404). This quote is showing foreshadowing since it provides insight on who is going to die and how. It builds up suspense. It portrays the belief of fate.
Setting
Home, where he left Penelope and Telemachus, back in Ithaca
It all started when Penelope, Odysseus wife, grabbed his bow and she said that the man who strings the bow through all twelve axes will marry her, this is when the problem of the book is introduced.