I chose the picture of the guardian angel because Penelope, Telemachus's mother hears that the suitors have plans to ambush and kill Telemachus for leaving and not telling anyone. She is so devastated at the thought of losing her son, but she hears not to worry about her son anymore because he now has the protection of a goddess. (The Angel represents the goddess because I could not find a picture of a goddess.) As the story continues, eventually Odysseus decides to leave on a boat, but Poseidon, angered by the fact that he is able now to head home, sends a terrible storm to wash over the boat that he is traveling on. While holding on for dear life, he finds that another goddess is protecting him. The symbolism behind the goddesses would have to be protection. They worry about the men and follow closely to protect them from the evils of the land which as Odysseus and Telemachus have had to face a lot. Another repeating symbol is deception. Someone may seem one way in the beginning of something and by the end of that new "book" (Chapter) they turn around having very different alternative motives.
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