The Odyssey

Can you describe the dream that Penelope has. What literary elements is being used here. what is Penelope's reaction to her dream

In book 19, Can you describe the dream that Penelope has. What literary elements is being used here. what is Penelope's reaction to her dream

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Penelope asks Odysseus to interpret a dream she has had about an eagle who preys on geese near her house, then talks to her and says the geese were the suitors and he is Odysseus. Odysseus tells her he believes the dream is accurate, but Penelope is skeptical. This is more like a prophesy for the suitors, in the form of Penelope's dream. Once again, Odysseus is a bird of prey and they are fat, helpless birds who feed off Penelope's manor.

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