So by day she'd weave at her great and growing web – by night, by the light of torches placed beside her, she would unravel all she's done. Three whole years she deceived us, seduced us with this scheme. What does the "web" in the passage above refer to? A great spider who lives in the palace. The web of lies Penelope tells the suitors when they ask for her hand in marriage. The tapestry that she is making for her father-in-law. The silk that Penelope and her maids gather to make dresses. ANSWER QUICK IF CORRECT WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST!!

In this excerpt, Antinous is complaining to Telemachus about Penelope's behaviour. He tells Telemachus that the suitors are very angry at the way Penelope has treated them. He claims that Penelope has promised that she will marry one of the suitors. However, she asked them to wait until she had finished weaving a shroud. They all waited, but Penelope cunningly would weave in the morning, and unravel it at night.

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The most relevant meaning of the web in the above passage is the shroud of penelope. In the Book 2 of Odyssey, she pretended to be weaving a burial shroud for Laertes and she will choose a suitor once she has finished. However, every night, she will undo a part of it, until Melantho discovers her trick and reveals it to the suitors.

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