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The Odyssey vs. O Brother Where Art Thou? The Odyssey is an epic poem written by homer that tells the story of the long travel of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his men. Odysseus and his men encountered a lot of bumps along the road until Odysseus finally makes it home from the Trojan War. They face cyclops, gods, goddesses, sirens, and many more characters. In the film O Brother Where Art Thou? Directed by Ethan and Joel Coen, takes place in the 1930s where Ulysses, Demer, and Pete escape prison

events to the Odyssey. For example, “O Brother, Where Art Thou,” is a movie that has almost the exact same characters, events, and template as the Odyssey. The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou are similar in many different ways and they both have the same message throughout the story and the same types of event throughout the story. In the Odyssey, the main character of the book is Odysseus, who is trying to get back home to his family. Also, in O Brother, Where Art Thou, The main character

and can be used time and time again in literature and film. Homer’s famous poem, The Odyssey, and its modern satire, the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, share many traits as epics. More than just having a similar plot to The Odyssey, O Brother shares many themes, characters (including protagonists and antagonists,) conflicts, and musical elements. The Odyssey and O Brother have many themes in

Horny toad” vs. Cannibalism. Car vs. boat. Moonshine. In the video clip “O Brother Where Art Thou?” And the Text The Odyssey, all have similarities and differences. There are many similarities in the two. In Homer's text there are sirens that sound harmonious, they are also in the video clip. Between the two, Odysseus was bound together in both. The text and video clip both are set by a body of water. Homer's text states, “The billows slumbered slumbered, lulled by a power divine,” states that

Odysseus in the ancient epic The Odyssey, and Everett from O Brother, Where Art Thou? are very similar but also has its differences. The makers of O Brother, Where Art Thou? I believe did an amazing job making the epic and the film parallel. But also did a great job adding a little more modern things to the movie One similarity between both of these men is that they went through many different obstacles while they are going through the adventures, although they are not the same when it comes to

situation. Likewise, in Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, and the video clip from,”O’ Brother Where Art Thou?,” we see various differences, as well as similarities, in both; this results from differing people telling their perspective and opinion on the given situation. Many similarities are seen, in contrast, there are a variety of obvious differences. First, in both Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, and the movie clip from,”O’ Brother Where Art Thou?,” Odysseus and his men are the main characters. In both sources

almost a completely different storyline. O Brother, Where art Thou? is a brilliant movie. It makes the movie so much more meaningful when you have read the book and can make the connections. In the beginning of the movie it says that its based on The Odyssey and with all of the appearances of similar characters and events, it would be extremely hard to write a three page paper on how O Brother, Where Art Thou? isn't based on The Odyssey. In regards to that, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is based on many of

faced with many challenges, he is described as a man skillful in all ways, on his journey he does not lose courage and keeps his men under control. In the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? Everett Ulysses McGill he is our hero, he is the leader of 3 fugitives and goes through many challenges also to carry out his quest. The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou? are two movies

poem is a sequel to the ‘Iliad’; It follows the story of Odysseus and his 10 year journey home after the Trojan War. A recent modern version of this story, O Brother, Where Art Thou, is a movie where are hero Ulysses escapes jail, with two other inmates, in order to win back his wife and prevent her from getting married. The film, O Brother, Where Art Thou, is not a successful retelling of the epic poem The Odyssey because, the events that take place and the elements of the hero’s

of the gods, and the suitors who are trying to steal his wife, Penelope. This traditional story inspired two men, the Coen brothers, to make a modern adaptation of The Odyssey, resulting in the film named O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Although this adaptation is a fair interpretation of the original epic poem, viewers can see minor changes. Throughout The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, there are multiple similarities within the characters the hero meets in his journey; however, there are also