The protagonist of the play is Odyssey. His primary goal is to return to Ithaca, his home, but on the way he meets incredible difficulties. On the other side, the antagonists are located on the house of Odyssey in Ithaca. They are the suitors of Penelope, Odyssey's wife and they have conquered his residence. In the play there is shown the contrast of how the Odyssey lives through difficulties to make it to his love and on the other hand how the men in his house are enjoying.
Can you give us some examples about what kind of difficulties the protagonist faces and the antagonists create? There is an interesting book called The Penelopeiads by Margaret Atwood which is the story in Ithaca from Penelope's point of view. It's a quick and interesting read. How would you classify the people Odysseus meets -- are they antagonists, protagonists, or can they be both?
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