Relationships in the Odyssey Essay Throughout the Odyssey, there are many relationships that represent love between two people. These relationships show loyalty, compassion, and the wanting to be near one another. Two of these kinds of relationships are between Odysseus and Telemakhos, and Odysseus and Penelope. The relationship between Odysseus and Telemakhos is a blind love. That is because they never really got to know each other because Odysseus has been gone for most of …showed first 75 words of 407 total…

…showed last 75 words of 407 total…her while Odysseus was gone. She told them that when she finished the shroud for Odysseus’ father, she would wed one of the suitors. To avoid marriage, she unraveled the shroud every night. She always believes that Odysseus would come back. Hence, the love between Odysseus and Penelope kept each other’s hope alive. As you can see, the relationships in the Odyssey give hope to people and give them the will to endure hardships.