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    in O’Brother, Where Art Thou is meant to be similar to the Odyssey. Authors Ethan and Jole Coen wrote O Brother, Where Art Thou? Similar to The Odyssey. They use the same characters. O Brother, Where Art Thou? More modern, they are more similar than different in the characters of Big Dan and the Cyclops, the people of the church, and the lotus-eaters. There are many similarities between O Brother, Where Art Thou? and The Odyssey, including the similarities between Big Dan and the Cyclops. The similarity

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    “The Odyssey” and “O Brother Where Art Thou” Compares because of the characters, their adventures, and obstacles. At the beginning of the movie, Everett, Pete, and Delmar escape from prison. In “The Odyssey” Odysseus and his men escape from multiple monsters and people. After Everett, Pete and Delmar escape they come upon a blind railroad conductor who tells them their future. This also happens to Odysseus and his men, they meet Tiresias and he tells them their future for their adventure in the land

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    The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou essay The poem the Odyssey and the movie O Brother, where Art Thou are epic movies with epic heroes such as Odysseus and Everett. To be an epic hero you must be smart, travel a vast setting, be famous, and have a little help from a god. An important quality of an epic is to be smart. Evertt, from O Brother, Where Art Thou, was smarter than most and always had a plan. A great example of Evertts cleverness is when the soggy bottom boys were going to play for

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    left out. This can be seen when reading The Odyssey and watching O Brother, Where Art Thou?. It can also be seen when reading “Atwood”. Maybe some details may just be emphasized over others. To start, various ideas are emphasized. In Homer’s story, the idea of Odysseus’ heroism, the magnificent power of the sirens, and the steps Odysseus uses to escape the cannibalistic sirens are most important. On the other hand, in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the moment when Pete gets turned into a frog, when

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    The epic “The Odyssey” written by the poet, Homer, and the movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” have similarities and differences. One of its differences is the time and place in which to stories are told. Even though the challenges they face are, for the most part, the same, they are all shown in different ways. One of their similarities is the purpose of the journey they are each taking. “The Odyssey” takes place in Ancient Greece, when Odysseus returns home from the Trojan War. However, he doesn’t

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    the movie “O Brother Where Art Thou” there are connections not only with actual events that have occurred in the 1930’s, but also with Homer 's "Odyssey". From similarities in characters and storyline in the Odyssey to the life during the Great Depression, are all included and demonstrated. However, just like similarities, there are also inaccuracies that are not exactly the same between the movie, story, and the actual events of the Great Depression. For example, the movie "O Brother Where Art Thou"

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    In the story the Odyssey and the movie O Brother Where Art Thou there are many things alike as well as different in plot, setting, and resolution. The lotus eaters from the odyssey were comparable to the christians that were baptized in O Brother Where Art Thou because they were distracting to both crews in their journeys to their homes and made both crews have to overcome obstacles this is shown in their journey home, the christians and flowers pulled them in and, made them forget about their journeys

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    Country Music in O Brother, Where Art Thou? Abstract: This essay explores the way white trash identity is performed through country music. In particular, the focus is on the way the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen, 2001) uses a soundtrack of 'old-timey' country music from the 1920s and 30s to aurally assist the film's white trash aesthetic. Various cultural critics (Barbara Ching) and music historians (Richard Peterson) have already documented the way country music is white trash

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    a trip home in which was filled with unexpected surprises. O Brother, Where Art Thou? is based on the story by Homer, The Odyssey , but are they more different than you think? Although the two stories share similar outlines, certain details like the heroes’ backgrounds, conflicts with the heroes’ homecomings, and the difficult obstacles and monsters they face make each tale its own,

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    kill is a key to truly understanding a murder. Similarly, in fine arts understanding a character motivation or reason to do something is an essential part of comprehending a character's fowl actions in full. In the book the Odyssey and the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? the characters motivations reveal the reasoning behind their actions. The Odyssey is about Odysseus, who is on a journey home from war and seeks his family. Similarly, the movie tell the story of Ulysses, who breaks out jail with

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