Did Odysseus Right To Kill The Suitors Essay

Odysseus came home to find suitors who were trying to marry his wife when he was away at war for 20 years. They have ruined his home and made it into a place of their own, all they wanted was the fame and power that Odysseus had and did not care to respect Penelope and Telemachus. When Odysseus finally revealed himself in the epic, he was able to get his revenge against the suitors. It has been long awaited but was able to kill them all including the fact that justice was served after all those years of their disrespect. Odysseus was able to put his revenge on the suitors when he found the opportunity after finding a way to disguise himself that way to gain trust from his people in his home. Odysseus was able to have justice by killing the

He was also right to kill the suitors because they have become way too rowdy and rude. As stated in the text “As he spoke (Antinous) grabbed the footstool and threw it, hitting Odysseus in under his right shoulder blade.” (Book 18, 500-502) That comes to show that even if Antinous did not know that Odysseus was under disguise he was still rude and showed no sign of respect towards anyone. Also, Odysseus was right to kill them all because they have plotted to kill Telemachus in order to get through with Penelope. They planned to all get together and take care of Telemachus and even had a plan set up to do it. As stated in the book, “Antinous you are a haughty and evil man. They say you are the best of your generation in all of Ithaca in counsel and in speech, but you don’t measure up to your reputation. You must be mad. Plotting Telemachus’ death!” (Book 16, 448-450) It comes to show that the suitors were going too far with their plan to marry Penelope. Even when two of the suitors were begging for their plea to live, Odysseus was kind enough to let them go as stated in the text “Don’t worry he’s saved you. Now you know and you can tell the world, how much better good deeds are than evil. Go outside now you and the singer and sit in the yard.” That shows that even when