What are characteristic ​

a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them.

"a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it."

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Explanation:

which statement best expresses the theme of this short story the value of being confused

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.