If you watch O Brother, Where Art Thou without having read The Odyssey, you will assume it’s any other movie, with some unique elements that were oddly added in. Although, if you read the book before or after watching the movie, a lot of those random elements will make sense. These stories tell of two long and hard journeys home, that have obstacles and dangers that must be overcome. While there are many differences between the book and the movie, they also have many similarities. Both stories start with a prophecy.…
“Anything worth dying for...is worth living for.” Joseph Heller, Catch-22. Loyalty and perseverance are two main themes that go hand in hand throughout the Odyssey by Homer, and O Brother Where Art Thou? by Joel and Ethan Coen, as well as Odysseus’ and Everett McGill’s personality traits and their purposes for the journeys they endured. The most noteworthy similarities are those between the main characters, and the ongoing external and internal conflicts found between god and man, man and man, or man versus himself.…
The O Brother, Where Art Thou and the Odyssey are very similar, but on the other hand the poem and the film are relatively different in their settings and time periods. The odyssey is set in ancient Greece. Odysseus has Soldiers for a crew. The whole crew dies in the Odyssey. The odyssey constant of god's and goddesses in it and his enemies are gods, goddesses, and suitors.…
There is always a reason behind every journey; these reasons motivate adventurer to complete their journey. Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey and Salak’s travel memoir The Cruelest Journey, share what drives adventurers to complete their journey. In Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey the protagonist is wandering for years in search of home, since he was blown of coarse. Similarly, in Salak’s memoir, the explorer is tying to set a new record, while learning something new about herself.…
Somewhere in 8th century ancient greek, Homer, a greek author and poet wrote one of the greatest adventure stories of all time: The Odyssey. From then on, The Odyssey has been told, revamped, and reimagined a thousand times over. O Brother, Where Art Thou? A 2000 adventure film was produced based off the great old greek tale, receiving several awards.…
At some point in their lives, most people have heard their parents utter a variation of the phrase, "Life's not fair". This phrase about the injustice of life is a common theme that has shown up within many literary works throughout time. For example, we can find this theme in "The Odyssey", "Oedipus Rex", and even "The Book of Job". "The Odyssey" is a story about a King named Odysseus, who is fated by the gods to make a perilous from Troy to his home in Ithaca. The only reason for this journey is that the gods' wanted the pleasure of seeing Odysseus suffer.…
The Odyssey and The Wizard of Oz both have heroes that make the story epic and intriguing. In each story a hero is present with supernatural abilities or qualities that help them along their journey home. A) Odysseus would be the brave hero in The Odyssey because he is smart and makes decisions based on h is mental ability. 1) One example of when Odysseus use his brain was when the cyclops Polyphemus asked Odysseus what his name is and Odysseus respond with nobody.…
Apollodorus’ Library is a reference work in which authors and poets can obtain information about Greek mythology to discuss in a paper or poem. Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a work of literature which contains many poems about Greek mythology. Ovid’s Metamorphoses would be a work of literature in which the author would get the small details of the god or goddess’s life from Apollodorus’ Library.…
Much like in the movie, O Brother, Where Art Thou and The Odyssey, the main character must overcome many obstacles. Both tales also share the theme, of the importance of remaining persistent in the face of adversity. In The Odyssey, Odysseus must overcome many obstacles, to make it home to his family. Odysseus faces many monsters and gods that stand in his way.…
In the original tale of The Odyssey, through the poem, Poseidon is indignant when regarding Odysseus as he had blinded his son, a cyclops named Polyphemus. However in the film conversion of The Odyssey, the god Poseidon aids Odysseus in convincing the Trojans to take the offering (a wooden horse filled with Greek soldiers) into their walls of Troy. He does so by ordering his sea monster to devour Laocoön, who told the Trojans to burn the horse; and when Laocoön dies the Trojans consider the horse as a sacred offering and allow it into their walls. Unfortunately, Odysseus celebrated victory by cheering that he had won the war on his own thus angering Poseidon into making Odysseus’ travel home nearly impossible. Another difference found in these scenes is the blinding of the cyclops Polyphemus.…
Two translations of The Odyssey, by Robert Fitzgerald and Emily Wilson create nuances about the characters. The variations in the Wilson translation and Fitzgerald translation of The Odyssey make distinctions in how the reader views Odysseus, Penelope and Telemakhos. Odysseus left for Ithaka 20 years ago. Suitors stay in Odysseus’s house to attempt to win Penelope’s hand in marriage. Eurykleia, the nurse, tells Penelope Odysseus killed all the suitors.…
In William Faulkner’s novel, As I Lay Dying, the Bundren family makes a journey to the town of Jefferson to bury their mother. However, this is not the only journey taking place. Darl is slowly going mad and Addie is making her journey to the afterlife. In the poem The Odyssey by Homer, similar events unfold with Agamemnon who is also making his trip to the underworld.…
In the movie there are specific scenes that are complex to the audience that has not read the odyssey. The audience will still be capable to understand the movie without reading the odyssey. For the audience that has read the odyssey, they will be able to understand the movie fully and get the full experience. They add things from the odyssey without stating it, for example Big Dan was the Cyclops from the odyssey but they never state that.…
Throughout The Odyssey-an epic by Homer-we learn of all the trials and tribulations King Odysseus faces as he fights to return home to his loving wife, Penelope, and growing son, Telemachus. While Odysseus is away, there are many young men attempting to lure in his wife, Penelope, and take over his kingdom. They plot to kill Prince Telemachus and King Odysseus if he ever returns to Ithaca. Once Odysseus returns home, he remains in disguise until he is certain it is safe for him to reveal his identity. He convinces Penelope to set up a contest for the suitors in which they try to string King Odysseus’s bow, which only he can string, and shot an arrow through twelve axe heads.…
It is well known that Virgil was a creative genius. Although his creativity was evident, it is also understood that his works have been greatly influenced by the works of other writers, such as Homer 's, The Odyssey. The two epics are very similar in some ways, but also extremely different. A comparison between Homer 's, The Odyssey, and Virgil 's, The Aeneid, will show the different aspects of the Greek and Roman cultures.…