With which character in The Odyssey does Molly Bloom best correspond ?
Correct answer: C. Penelope
- A. Nausicaa
- B. Aeolus
- C. Penelope
- D. Telemachus
Explanation
Molly Bloom corresponds most closely to Penelope, Odysseus's wife in The Odyssey, because Ulysses reworks the Homeric marriage and homecoming pattern around Molly and Leopold Bloom. The other figures have no comparable role in this parallel.
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