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gets interpreted and transferred into other forms of media, particularly film, which is one of the most prominent forms of media in the modern technological world. One popular adaptation of The Odyssey to film is the Academy Award nominated film O Brother, Where Art Thou where Odysseus is portrayed as escaped convict Ulysses Everett McGill, and he leads 2 other escaped convicts who help him return to his home. There are many differences between the classic epic poem and the modern 2001 film that takes

Halle Shore Period: 6 3/4/24 The Odyssey and O’Brother Compare and Contrast The poet Homer who wrote The Odyssey was blind, meaning that as far as we know he never saw what life was like, and because he lived in the 8th century B.C.E. there probably wasn't much to see anyway. Though the most incredible thing was Homer's imagination to create The Odyssey and all the mythical creatures, when he had hardly anything to go off of. The Odyssey is seen by many people as a very important historical poem

First of all, there are sundry issues that are emphasized in the three texts. Homer discusses the song, the spell and the struggle of escaping the sirens in great detail. In the video (“O’ Brother Where Art Thou”), the beauty of the sirens, the spell, and the disappearance of Pete are focused on. Atwood stresses the importance of the song in the poem and how it is “irresistible” to all men who hear it. The authors emphasize certain details of each text because they are what is most important to them

and oikos, respectively. In the film, O 'Brother Where Art Thou? by the Coen Brothers, Everett’s main mission is to protect his paterfamilias. Paterfamilias refers to the male head of a family or household. (Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary) The film takes place in the South during the Great Depression in a society in which men were superior and head of the family. Everett was sent to penal farm and has been there for some time already.(Coen Brothers) This time of absence has left an opening

O Brother, Where Art Thou? A movie was taken from The Odyssey an epic, both were away from their home for years. Neither Odysseus or Ulysses given up throughout their journey although the authors writen it in different mood and outcome of each event. The Odysseus has a series mood to it than O Brother. When Odysseus was trapped inside the Cyclop’s lair trying figuring out a way without dying there were tension within lair after all his crew were eaten alive and he is going to be next, with that he

and sometimes the movie falls short of the mark. O Brother, Where Art Thou?, however, tends to stay on track with the Odyssey. Due to the fact that O Brother, Where Art Thou? takes place in 1930’s Mississippi, certain plot elements can not correlate directly, but other than that conflicts tend to be similar. Major characters make the same decisions as their Odyssey counterparts, with slightly different motives. Overall, The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou? have similar and different protagonists

crisis in America during the time period the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? was based on. The Great Depression was occurring at that time and the characters in this movie reflected and showed was it was like to live in a time like that. Each character in the movie symbolized what an individual person would have went through during the Great Depression. In this paper, I will discuss how the economy went from good to bad and how the characters in O Brother, Where Art Thou? symbolize these things. The

O Brother, Where Art Thou? Film Review The modern film O Brother, Where Art Thou? had a very similar plot to the classic the Odyssey by Homer. The differences between the two are reflective of the relative the time periods. The film is about a group of three criminals, Ulysses Everett McGill, Pete Hogwallop, and Delmar O’Donnel who together escaped a chain gang. The self spoken leader, Ulysses Everett McGill encourages Pete and Delmar to come with him to find his hidden treasure. After meeting

Odysseus as he attempts to return to his home at Ithaka after the fall of Troy. During his travels, Odysseus faced many obstacles whom he had to overcome. In order to do so, Odysseus had to prove his intellectual capacity, strength and determination. “O Brother Where Art Thou” is a 2000 adventure film which follows the journey of a man named Ulysses Everett McGill as he attempts to make his way back home with two fellow convicts after escaping prison. Although it lacks the structure and does not follow

of literature, there is an overall message, or theme. Most even have more than one, and we, as readers, are supposed to take away the importance from the work. Pieces can even share morals and themes. We see an example of this in The Odyssey and O Brother Where Art Thou because they share several of the same themes. One of the main overall themes these two pieces have in common is the importance of family. In The Odyssey, all Odysseus wanted to do was return home to his wife, Penelope, and his