Who need to talk only if sad

Read the excerpt from the odyssey then his chores being all dispatched she caught another brace of man to make his breakfast and whisk away his great door slab to let his sheep go through but he behind reset the stones as one would cap a quiver what two things are being compared in this epic simile

Write a 250-word essay in which you explain the theme of women’s strength and bravery in the poem.

Based on this excerpt the authors are mostly likely to attempt to answer which question?