O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Most people have fixed concept that modern day films and Medieval Greek Epic poems differ a lot as if they are black and white, but the film O Brother, Where Art Thou and the story of The Odyssey are both parallel and perpendicular. O Brother, Where Art Thou and The Odyssey portray their story on the same path, yet on the branched path.

Time has not become the conqueror for the classical epic poem The Odyssey. For the past 2,500 years it has been turning its pages for many people all around the world, classifying it as the Western literary tradition. Even in the 21st century The Odyssey is still depicting its prominence when the film O Brother, Where Art Thou was directed in 2000 by loosely portraying the epic. The Coen Brothers’ film O Brother, Where Art Thou mirrors themes, motifs, and symbols from Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. Both creative works recount the twists and turns of a man’s journey home. But was it a relevant successful relation between the two? I tend to think so. The movie O Brother, Where

One example of Joel and Ethan Coen’s collective comedic sensibility is the way in which they duped Fargo audiences by asserting the film was based on true events when it was not. Their joke on the audience in O Brother is that they claim never to have read The Odyssey. Regardless of whether they have actually read the epic poem or simply the Cliff’s Notes version, by combining their working knowledge of the tale with a strong musical accompaniment, they have managed to stay truer to the original’s form than they might have had they attempted to slavishly mimic Homer’s epic style and story.

Throughout most cultures and societies men are typically seen as the head of the family. They are the ones who provide for and protect the family. Certain situations lead to the separation of man from his family, which creates a window of opportunity for another man to take over. In order for man to remain in his head position, he will face and go through a variety of obstacles. Both Everett in O’Brother Where Art Thou? and Odysseus in The Odyssey face many obstacles in their journey home in order to protect their paterfamilias and oikos, respectively.

The amazing epic poem by Homer entitled “The Odyssey” shares many similarities and many differences as well with the Hallmark movie of the same name. The epic poem is about the hero Odysseus who has spent twenty long years filled with toil and loss, through war and sea desperate to return to his home of Ithaca. Odysseus has angered some of the gods and goddesses of a Greek Mythology with his destruction of the mighty city of Troy. Odysseus is represented in the poem and the movie, but there are several differences between the two in the events he encountered. There are also numerous similarities

The author of The Odyssey is also portrayed in O’ Brother. Everett and his friends hear about a man who will pay them to sing on the radio if they are good. When they reach the

The film O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a reinterpretation of the epic poem The Odyssey. The Coen brothers, writers and directors of the film, did not over analyze their representation. “It just sort of occurred to us after we’d gotten into it somewhat that it was a story about someone going home, and sort of episodic in nature, and it kind of evolved into that,” says Joel Coen in Blood Siblings, “It’s very loosely and very sort of unseriously based on The Odyssey” (Woods 32). O Brother, Where Art Thou? contains ideas from The Odyssey for the sake of modernization and entertainment of an audience that comprehends the allusions to the epic. The Coen brothers utilize elements of Homer’s The Odyssey to improve and to give direction to O

This old time musical theatrical movie clip was an insightful blast from the past that made you cherish those days where it was inconceivable to not be a gentlemen, and it was a down right shame to be anything less then an honest women. This old time movie with a new age attitude definitely strikes the funny bone of any modern day movie watcher.

A popular Greek tale is the story of a tragic hero in The Odyssey by the Greek poet Homer. The Odyssey is an ancient tale of a war hero named Odysseus and his journey home. During this journey Odysseus and his shipmates run into many conflicts that test Odysseus's intelligence, bravery and perseverance. He becomes the last hope for anyone to return to their home and to their families. Bailey tells the Hazen's story of family and tragedy as a modern-day Odyssey, portraying Kevin as Odysseus. Throughout The Grace That Keeps this World, Kevin, like Odysseus, is in the process of finding his way home. As the tragic hero, Kevin needs to find his place in life

The movie O Brother, Where Art Thou is a wonderful movie that was directed by the Coen brothers. The movie features a cast of talented actors, the movie has also won several awards. The book The Odyssey is a timeless classic and it was written by the mysterious bard Homer. The book tells the tale of our hero Odysseus as he attempts to make it home to his wife. There are many ways to relate the movie plot and characters, to Odysseus's journey in The Odyssey.

To start, Odysseus’ pride is shown during one of his first trials he overcomes when trying to get home: the Cyclops. This is part of the beginning of the Tests, Allies, and Enemies stage of his Hero’s Journey. After he had successfully defeated the Cyclops with his guile, he and his men successfully escape and are making a run for their ships. Odysseus taunts the Cyclops, despite his crew members’ warnings. Odysseus then says, “I would not heed them in my glorying spirit, but let my anger

Ulysses Everett McGill, also known as just Everett’s illustrated to be the protagonist in the film, “O Brother, Where Art Thou.” Everett is on an adventure with his two companions, Pete and Delmar after escaping the “Prison Chain Gang” to reunite with his wife, Penny and his seven children. Odysseus plays the protagonist in the story “The Odyssey” written by Homer. Odysseus’ strength, confidence, arrogance, nobility, cunningness, and cleverness embodies him as an epic hero. Everett, the protagonist from “O Brother, Where Art Thou” is a worthy representation of Odysseus from “The Odyssey” because they both convey the traits of cleverness, determination, and pride.

In the Odyssey by Homer, the author changes cruelty and kindness in order to reveal his message to not use more brute force than needed to his Ancient Greek audience. Cruelty and kindness develops from the cyclops episode where Odysseus and his crew stab the cyclops in the eye after he was a awful host, also in the land of the dead episode Teiresias gives Odysseus advice for him finding himself, in the meeting of father and son episode Odysseus dresses as a beggar to visit his kingdom he finally appears himself to be Odysseus to his son Telemachus they hug and cry even though emotions are not shown continually throughout the story.

The use of the seemingly eloquent plot of the Odyssey in the movie O Brother Where art thou, shows how the Coen brothers chose to modernize the major parts in the Odyssey to address a somber time in history. By recreating epic scenes from the Odyssey the Coen brothers provide a newer sense to various things that come about many times within both the movie and the Odyssey

The Coen Brothers’ “Oh Brother Where Art Thou?”, loosely based on Homer’s classic adventure The Odyssey, is a film amusingly filled with themes of symbolism similar to those found in Homer’s epic, while still maintaining a sense of originality and style that they have become so renowned for. An exciting and entertaining blend of high adventure, humour, and heartfelt emotion, at first glance, the film barely resembles Homer’s poem: only certain elements are obvious, such as the main character’s name and the three sirens by the river. However, a deeper and more intense analysis of the film and text exposes numerous, if not more subtle references.