Assume that Odysseus represents the ancient greeks ideal of a man and that penelope represent their ideal of a woman. In what ways are the charcters simular to and different from the ideal man and woman of today?

For Penelope in The Odyssey, she has been depicted as an "ideal woman". She is a wife, a mother, a heroine, and a queen and possesses willpower, resourceful, loyal and has pride for her home and family. Like any other woman today, she has been through struggles too but it never broke her down. The character of Penelope is no different from the ideal woman today. For Odysseus, he is also like Penelope. He is cunning and quick thinking. All throughout his journey, he remained faithful to his wife despite all the struggles and temptations he went through no matter how look it took. This is still the ideal man of today.