Similarities Between The Odyssey And Oh Brother Where Art Thou

Specifically, they both encounter with obstacles. Further, they both gets to encounter with Baptist. In the story of The Odyssey, Odysseus’ crews get their soul cleaned. It may seem odd that scene of encountering with Baptist appears in O Brother, Where Art Thou, but Delmar and Pete actually get their soul cleaned, too. Bearing this in mind, the characters of both stories encounter with Sirens as well. With respect to encountering with the Sirens, both characters heard the sound of Sirens singing and got attracted by them. To view this in different way, it also means that Sirens acted as temptress in both stories. Similar to this incident, they also encountered with Big Dan, who came out as Cyclops in the film. It is worth noting that Sirens and Big Dan appeared as human in the film while they appeared as unrealistic characters in The

The Odyssey by Homer is a Greek epic poem based on its main character Odysseus and it took place in the classical Greece. The book was composed in the eight century B.C.E, after the events it describes, and narrates several adventures with the objective of its main character to return home with his family. Moreover, the movie O, Brother Where Art Thou was published in the year 2000 and directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. The movie also narrates the adventures of its main character Ulysses, interpreted by George Clooney, a prisoner that escaped from jail with two partners. Consequently, the film and the movie have its similarities and differences, but at the end the movie was absolutely based on the book.

The Cyclops, in The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou has noticeable relations that connect them both. The Cyclops in each story is a large man, who only has one eye. One website describes the Cyclopes race as, “a rough and uncivilized race of one-eyed giants.”(Hainsworth) Odysseus describes the giant as, “A prodigious man who slept in his cave alone, and took his flocks to graze afield, remote from all companions, knowing none but savage ways, a brute so huge.”(The Odyssey, Book 9, Lines 195-201)The Cyclops in each story characterizes similiarity between the two stories. Odysseus, the main character of The Odyssey and Ulysses, the main character of O Brother, Where Art Thou have unpleasant interactions with the Cyclops in each of the stories. Big Dan Teague, the con man, characterizes the “Cyclops” in O Brother, Where Art Thou by raising havoc in Ulysses and his partners’ lives. In each story an attempt to blind the creature offers a distraction for each character to escape from the Cyclops. The Coen

In the movie and the book Odysseus does a lot of the same thing. Odysseus is known to be a hero and to either win or lose. He usually has a victory, he is a very smart man who thinks everything through before going through with it. Victory motivates Odysseus. He wants to return home and live well in Ithaca. In the movie and book one of the things he does the

Published in the 8th century B.C.E and 1997 respectively, both The Odyssey by Homer and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling are universally known arts of literature. The Hero’s Journey is a commonly used trope incorporated in numerous amounts of tales. This trope involves a hero who goes on a journey, finds himself in a crisis, defeats his enemies, and comes home changed. Harry Potter, the main character in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, encounters many conflicts and meets helpful mentors on his adventure. Similarly, Odysseus, the main character in The Odyssey, encounters various monsters and obstacles, too. Both Harry Potter and the

Odysseus and Percy are similar because they both are stuck with the Lotus Eaters and must help their friends escape by forcing them. Odysseus must force his men off the island, “Those

In both Homer’s The Odyssey and the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? the audience is given an opportunity to experience a spectacular adventure, filled with not only the sense of journey, but also the senses of peril and excitement. A tale about a Greek hero being compared to a film set in Middle America starring three jail-escapees seems rather far-fetched. However, upon closer inspection, both actually share a lot in common. The Odyssey stars Odysseus, a man famous for his heroics in the Trojan War. O Brother, Where Art Thou? shows a bit of a contrast by starring Ulysses, a former convict who escaped and began looking for “A Treasure”. So by default, one would assume that that these two stories would be completely different. However, it

The main characters of the movie share character traits with the characters in the myth. Everett’s first name is Ulysses which is the Latin translation of Odysseus. Both Everett and Odysseus pride themselves for being intellectual and clever. For this reason, they both lead their companions and do most of the talking. Pete and Delmar hardly argue with anything Everett says. They just follow him everywhere even when his ideas are selfish and ill-advised. This is like the crew who would follow Odysseus to the edge of the Earth if he said to. Both men only have one goal: to return home, but little do they know that rumors are being spread about them being dead.

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

In the Odyssey, Odysseus and Telemachus each have a journey of their own, which in turn makes up a double plot in the epic. Odysseus’s plot has many more struggles and is the central role that creates the actual story in the whole novel. To many, the act of Odysseus moving across the sea in search of his own solutions to his issues is just a quest that is constantly being blocked by various obstacles. In all reality, with the help of the sea being a very important symbol, the journey turns Odysseus into a dynamic character as he proceeds through his travels. It is easily seen that in the beginning of his journey, starting when he and his crew landed on Polyhemus’ island, he is portrayed as a rash, egotistical young

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.

Odysseus is the genius tactician whom Everett is modeled after. In the movie O’ Brother Where Art Thou, Everett is extremely similar to Odysseus. Everett is comparably much smarter than those around him, like Odysseus, and believes in his own power. He is also surrounded by people who want to betray him or hurt him, and uses similar methods of not being caught. Also, they both fully believe they are better than and don't need others. Everett and Odysseus also both only want to get back to their wives while they still hold slight concern for their companions. Everett in the movie O’ Brother Where Art Thou is made to be like Odysseus because they are both intelligent, narcissistic and have the same goal.

One character that Odysseus struggles with is Poseidon. Poseidon pushes Odysseus’ ship off course several times. This causes Odysseus to have to avoid Poseidon. Inman must also try and avoid someone, The Home Group. If they find Inman, he will be sent back to the war and further from Ada. Another character that Odysseus faces is Eurylochus, one of his crewmembers. During the voyage Eurylochus ignores Odysseus when he told him not to eat the cattle. This causes him and all the other crewmen to die. One character that is very similar to Eurylochus is Solomon Aveasy. Aveasy is a character that justifies his ignorant acts with faith. An example is when he blantly pulls out a gun on Inman. This causes him to be beaten and he had his pistol confiscated. A third character that Odysseus meets is Circe. She first turns his men into swine. Circe told Odysseus that she would make a deal. The deal was she would turn them back to human, if he would go to the underworld. Inman meets another character, goat-woman. The goat-woman provides healing to Inman’s wound. She also provides him food and shelter, just like Circe did with

The Odyssey by Homer and the alchemist by Paulo Coelho provides many lessons for people all over of world no matter what age. Everyone can learn lessons from these stories and learn something that they can live with and improve themselves for the rest of their lives. In the alchemist, a shepherd boy named Santiago decides to follow his personal journey even though he faces many troubles along the way. In the Odyssey, Odysseus has to endure many battles and trouble in his journey to reach his home in Ithaca. Odysseus keeps his goal in mind and keeps on going despite the fact that it seems the entire world is against him. The alchemist gives many lessons of never giving up, the importance of dreaming and being persistent with your goals. Therefore the Odyssey by Homer and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho have similar lessons that can be learned from each story, such as never giving up, making goals and following through with them, and staying persistent.

Reading the two books, the readers are able to learn and process the theme of revenge from both of the books. In the poem it is stated that Odysseus was “fighting at close quarters” to get his revenge upon the disgusting suitors that plagued his house during his absence, he killed all the suitors that took advantage of his absence and was disloyal to him (Homer 22.307). On the other hand, in the novel