Read the passage from The Odyssey - Penelope . Ruses served my turn to draw the time out—first a close-grained web I had the happy thought to set up weaving on my big loom in the hall. Which word from the passage best explains what the web in the passage symbolizes?

Penelope says her “ruses” helped her draw out the time, and then describes weaving a web as one of those tricks. The web therefore symbolizes a ruse or deception: she used the weaving to delay choosing a suitor. “Time” is what she wanted to delay, but “ruses” best explains what the web represents.

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