r= elt fealerel = u a =I =I CHARACTERS [Naararor |, NARRATOR 2, PENELOPE, ATHENA, HELEN, NAUSICAA, HANDMAID I, HanDwao 2, Queen AReTe, Nalad I, NAIAD 2, NAD 3, NAIAD 4, NAD 5, QUEEN Crane, (Cawres0, CIRCE, SEN |, SREN 2, SiREN 3, SIREN 4, SREN 5, Eu ‘2 MAIDSERVANTS AT ITHAKA, TELEMACHUS, Surroe |, SurToR 2, SurToR 3, Surtor 4, Surror 5, NesToR, NESTOR’S SONS, MENELAUS, ODYSSEUS, KING ALKINOOS, ‘AGAMEMNON, SOLDIER |, SOLDIER 2, SOLDIER 3, SOLDIER 4, SOLDIER 5, KING AEOLUS, POSEIDON, POLYPHEMUS, (CicLoRs |, CvCLORS 2, EuRrLocHus, HERMES, HEROSMAN, 4 SH THE TELEMACHY (in which Telemachus searches for 3 SCENE 4): NARRATOR I: The story you are about to hear is one of homesickness and hardship and the lengths one man took to reach his wife and family father is the mastermind behind the wooden horse and the Greeks’ final assault in the ten-year war against Troy. Odysseus, King of Ithaka, spends = an additional ten years trying to return home. | NARRATOR I: Let’ look in on Penelope, shining among ‘women, and Telemachus, on their island home. = PENELOPE: My son, your father would not wish you to trouble yourself so. TELEMACHUS: Dear mother, father may not have wanted me to be troubled, but he would want me to defend your honor and our home. = NARRATOR2: The main character in our story PENELOPE: So like him you are, I am sure he will return, and when he does he will be proud of how well you've cared for me. You were just a boy when he went with the Greek forces to fight Troy. TELEMACHUS: The suitors are anxious to take your hand in marriage and ask daily how long before you finish your glorious tapestry. PENELOPE: Telemachus, you must assure them that Tam working with great care to prepare a burial shroud worthy of the body of the great hero Laertes, your grandfather. When the cloth is complete and the lengths of colored wool ate spent, I will surrender myself to the worthiest man who pays court in my palace TELEMACHUS: As you wish, mother. PENELOPE: Forgive me, brave Telemachus. I must return to my loom. NARRATOR 2: And with chat, faithful Penelope, sits down at her loom and resumes work on the tapestry. 4