Margaret Atwood's "The Penelopiad" as Inspired by "The Odyssey"

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The Odyssey
It is indeed clear that Atwood was inspired by ‘The Odyssey’ when writing ‘The Penelopaid.’ This is because Margaret Atwood is a satirical revision of the Odyssey, a post-feminist and postmodern response to Homer's text and the influence of western culture. After reading the Odyssey, Margaret was interested in evaluating the role of Penelope as a wife and other. Two questions arose. These questions were; what resulted in the hanging of the maids, and what were the intentions of Penelope? Therefore in writing, Atwood felt that she could answer these questions. She also acknowledged that Homer wrote The Odyssey during a Patriarchal period. Thus, these elements influenced and shaped her desire to answer her questions and write the book with a modern perspective.
Further, Margaret Atwood's book was based on the events that to...