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. O Brother where Art Thou is set in the 1930's. No one dies in O Brother Where Art Thou. Odyssey the King of Ithaka, journeyed to battle in the Trojan War. He was at war for 10 years. His wife Penelope and son waited at the Palace for him to return. Everett “Ulysses” McGill was an escaped convict with seven daughters that all thought he was died. Everett has two main characters
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Pete turned into a frog by the Sirens. Everett and his crew meet Big Dan Teague, a ("Cyclops") huge man who can only see out of one eye. Heroes are men. Odysseus' crew is turned into animals by the evil witch Circe. Odysseus is punished and stays with Circe for 10 years, and Calypso for 6 years. Scylla and Charbdis destroy his boat and take his men. In O Brother Where Art Thou, the cops are coming after them, Everett's former wife is going to marry another man, and the Sirens lure the men in, while they trying to lure them, the KKK tries to kill Tommy. They save Tommy by dressing up as members of the KKK and snuck in. They thought Everett was a black men, because he was so dirty. Hero's face further challenges after returning home. Odysseus has to get clear of all the suitors in his palace; Everett has to go to his house to get his wife's wedding ring. They are both trying to get back to their wife’s. Odysseus was held back from seeing his family and on his journeys back to them. For example, Athena disguises him as different people to sneak in to the palace. He finally returns home only to face another challenge killing all the suitors trying to be with his wife. They both think they can do everything minus any
Pete turned into a frog by the Sirens. Everett and his crew meet Big Dan Teague, a ("Cyclops") huge man who can only see out of one eye. Heroes are men. Odysseus' crew is turned into animals by the evil witch Circe. Odysseus is punished and stays with Circe for 10 years, and Calypso for 6 years. Scylla and Charbdis destroy his boat and take his men. In O Brother Where Art Thou, the cops are coming after them, Everett's former wife is going to marry another man, and the Sirens lure the men in, while they trying to lure them, the KKK tries to kill Tommy. They save Tommy by dressing up as members of the KKK and snuck in. They thought Everett was a black men, because he was so dirty. Hero's face further challenges after returning home. Odysseus has to get clear of all the suitors in his palace; Everett has to go to his house to get his wife's wedding ring. They are both trying to get back to their wife’s. Odysseus was held back from seeing his family and on his journeys back to them. For example, Athena disguises him as different people to sneak in to the palace. He finally returns home only to face another challenge killing all the suitors trying to be with his wife. They both think they can do everything minus any