1. Initial: The initial situation is when Odysseus arrives at the palace. and asks for help getting home. (Page 86: '"There Odysseus stood gazing, after all his tribulations.When he had taken it in he crossed the threshold with brisk steps, and entered the hall...'Arete, daughter of divine Rhexenor! I come in my distress, a suppliant to your husband and to your knees.Yes, and to these who sit at meat; may the gods grant them to be happy while they live; and may each have children to inherit his wealth and the honourable place which the people has given him. Now I beseech you to send me home to my native land without delay, for I have long suffered tribulation far from my friends.'") Reversal: