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The Similarities Between Penelope And Helen In Sappho

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As, I reading this poem of Sappho is about love and tragic. Helen love for Paris is more than her daughter, husband and parents. This is the reason she aboard the ship to Troy. She is showing her love to Paris and desire to her lover as a token of her Loyalty to the Greek. In so many words they said Helen was distraction for Paris that why so many Trojans men die in the war.
Today standard, of Helen still stand as a slut, mistress and home wrecker and etc. The similarities between Penelope and Helen is that both love their husband. The differences between them is that Penelope was patience and faithful to her husband and Helen impatience and unfaithful to her husband. Temptation is around us everywhere that why we have to be surround in positive

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