The odyssey How acts of betrayal contributes to meaning of the work as a whole

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Acts of Betrayal in The Odyssey
“The Odyssey” by Homer is an epic poem that tells the long journey of the regarded hero of Ithaca after returning home having fought a victory battle against the Troy. He spent ten years fighting the Trojan War and another ten years trying to get back home after the war. However, Odyssey encounters numerous challenges on his way back home from the Trojan War that made him spend ten years to get back home. He had to escape incarceration by the calypso that had captured him then face the battle with the Cyclops, who was hostile giants. Initially, he had left her wife Penelope and his son Telemachus home. The family is also encountering the invasion of suitors who want to seek a chance of ruling Ithaca. In his absence for twenty years, his wife and son had to face and deal with the unruly suitors whose intentions were to overthrow Odyssey through seeking a hand in marriage with Odyssey’s wife, Penelope. However, the theme of betrayal is clearly portrayed in many phases of this epic poem
The suitors are betraying their own hero of Ithica when they intend to take advantage of his absentia by pretending to be impatient after staying a long time without a king. This theme of betrayal is evidently seen when Penelope and her son Telemachus struggles to deal with the suitors by protesting their invasion. “Meanwhile, Odysseus’ wife, Penelope, tries to fend off o…