He says: “I could also see my treasure/ and my cattle taken from all of you/... I would like to persist with my request; you could make amends./ So you hurt me when my hands are tied" (II, 80-85). At the end of his speech, Telemachus says that if no one does anything about it he might as well give up, but then he goes back and says that in the end it all depends on the audience. He did his part, he made that request for help, but if the Italian leaders do nothing to improve his situation it's all their fault. From this attitude of renunciation Telemachus does not emanate a strong and confident character