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   A short summary of Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Penelopiad.

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   A summary of Chapters i–iv in Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Penelopiad and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.

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   A summary of Books 1 & 2 in Homer's The Odyssey. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Odyssey and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.

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   Penelope’s description of the “sack full of words” shows the central role that stories, rumors, and myths play in the book, and the importance they have in determining and shaping one’s identity—both as it’s experienced and as it’s perceived by others.

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   Summary. Chapter 1—"A Low Art" "A Low Art" opens with Penelope explaining her existence after death. She is in the Underworld, where souls go when they die, according to Greek mythology. Penelope explains that she has learned more than she wishes to know in the Underworld.

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   Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad retells the story of the Odyssey from the perspective of Penelope and her Twelve Maids. The story is told in retrospect, with Penelope and the Maids in the afterlife reflecting on the events that occurred centuries before.

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   What is Penelope's background in Chapter 3?

   • Chapter 3—"My Childhood" In this chapter, Penelope explains her background. Her father was King Icarius of Sparta and her mother was a Naiad (in Greek mythology, a spirit that lived in bodies of freshwater).

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   Is Penelope a true story?

   • The story of the Odyssey has been told from the perspective of Odysseus for millennia, making it seem as though his version of events and his perception of Penelope are the absolute truth. However, Penelope turns this idea on its head.

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   How does Penelope describe existence?

   • Penelope describes what existence is like here by emphasizing the parts of her body that she no longer has: "Since being dead—since achieving this state of bonelessness, liplessness, breastlessness, I've learned some things I would rather not know" (1).

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   How does Penelope start a story?

   • Penelope starts by telling of her childhood. She was born to King Icarius of Sparta and a woman who was a Naiad, or half nymph. When Penelope was a baby, her father tried to have her drowned. Penelope was saved by a flock of ducks, but her father’s motivation for having her killed is still unknown to her.

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   Is the Penelopiad based on a true story?

   • The Penelopiad is a 2005 novella by Margaret Atwood. It is told from the point of view of Penelope, Odysseus’ wife, and her twelve hanged maids. It offers an alternate perspective on the events famously portrayed by Homer in The Odyssey, giving depth to a previously shallow portrait of a faithful wife and her “deceitful” maids.

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   What did Penelope learn from the underworld?

   • A Low Art Penelope, telling this story from the Underworld, has learned a few things since dying, and some of them she would rather not know. Once someone arrives in the Underworld, they receive a sack full of words that they have spoken, have heard, or were spoken about them. Penelope’s sack mostly contains words involving her husband.

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   The Penelopiad. Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF.