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Penelope, the real heroïne of the Odyssey ?

Created by Coralie Hannon-Gimenez
Last updated by Mercedes Casuso Quesada 1 year 11 months ago

 

Herie is an extract from the Odyssey : Penelope discusses with Ulysses transformed into a beggar by Athena.

 

Penelope is the faithful wife, but doesn't she have other qualities ?

Wouldn't she be the real heroine ?

 

Let's study this passage and see what we think of it !

 

 

This is a picture of my students doing the activity.

heroine

 

 

During the lesson we talked about modern heroines. I asked my students to think osf a modern heroine and compare to the classical ones. In this digitap there are their ideas. you are free to join the activity or comment what the students wrote

 

At IES Jándula we celebrated a debate on this topic with students of 2º Bachillerato, they appreciated the discussion and  received some etwinning gifts

Students that took part in the debate on Ulyses and Penelope

 

and these are the interesting results