Odysseus' Revenge

After being away from home for 20 years, Odysseus found his way back to Ithaca.  Odysseus didn't receive a welcome home surprise party, instead he came home to a bunch of suitors trying to replace him.  The suitors ate his food, drank his wine, and tried to steal his wife.  On top of all of that, they were planning o killing Telemachus.  These things got Odysseus really mad, just like it would have made us mad if we were in his shoes.  To get revenge, Odysseus and Telemachus rounded up the suitors and trapped them in a room with only one way out.  At that point, Odysseus began to kill each suitor one by one with his bow.  Odysseus even killed a beggar that didn't do anything, and the women that loved the suitors.  Some say that Odysseus went too far and didn't have to do any of this.  I believe Odysseus did what most of us would do.  Who could blame him for killing a bunch of cowards and thieves?  Odysseus did what he does best, kill.  the suitors paid for what they did.  I know we talked a little bit about this in class, but what is you opinion on what Odysseus did?