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It shows that Penelope is trying to hold something back, because she is obviously postponing talking to the suitors who want to marry her. It shows her cunning in delaying the suitors, as well as her continued love for her husband Odysseus.

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Penelope's weaving story can be found in Book 2 of Homer's Odyssey. In this story, Penelope tricks the suitors by weaving a shroud for her father-in-law Laertes during the day and secretly unraveling it at night to delay her remarriage.

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In the translation by Robert Fitzgerald, the story of Penelope weaving and undoing the loom to postpone her remarriage can be found in book II, from lines 100-118. -Xtine

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