Antinous blames Penelope who he says seduces every suitor but will commit to none of them. He reminds the suitors of a promise that she mentioned to getting married. Penelope maintained that she would choose a husband as soon as she finished weaving a burial shroud for her elderly father-in-law Laertes. But each night, she carefully undid the knitting that she had completed during the day, so that the shroud would never be finished. If Penelope can make no decision, Antinous declares, then she should be sent back to Icarius so that he can choose a new husband for her. The dutiful Telemachus refuses to throw his mother out and calls upon the gods to punish the suitors.
Telemachus is getting angry because the suitors want to just throw his mother out until she picks a husband while they use up all of their food, drinks, and house. This angers him so much he wants them to be punished so he tells the Gods and Goddesses to punish the suitors. Also Penlope doesnt want to get married to one of the suitors because I think deep down she believes that her husband is still alive and doesnt want to give up her love. That is why she undoes the shroud. This shows that she still has hope and that she at all costs does not want to marry again.
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