As I read “the Penalopaid”, one thing stood out to me is that Penelope is being sarcastic when she talks about her family in law. “My mother- in- low died, wrinkled up like drying mud and sickened by an excess of waiting, convinced that Odysseus would never return. In her mind this was my fault, not Helen’s; if only I hadn’t carried the baby to the ploughing ground! Old Eurycleia got even older. So did my father- in- low, Laertes. He lost interest in palace life, and went off to the countryside to rummage around on one of his farms, where he could be spotted shambling here and there in grubby clothing and muttering about pear trees. I suspected he was going soft in the head.” (85)
Why do you think she is acting that way?
I think it because she doesn’t have anyone to relay on and she is stressed out doing works she has never asked for.
Also, I think if a wife has to live with her parents- in- low, it always gives her some problems especially her husband is not there to help her.
