The Odyssey and O Brother where art thou? demonstrates how male roles change with evolving political and social values. The Odyssey utilizes male protagonists to make a commentary traditional values of focalizing a member of the aristocracy position whilst Oh Brother questions the political climate of the Great Depression. Foreground characters used in Homeric poetry are aristocrats, which means the “rule of the best,” which suggests that the Odyssey was created at the end of the Dark Age (c. 1200-750 BCE.) This explains why Odysseus is characterized shaped by Homeric conceptions of what is a heroic archetype such as being born into nobility, being wealthy, natural strength, skillfulness and courageous whilst striving for excellence (arête).
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Values of loyalty and intelligence were significant ideals embedded into Penelope’s character however, adaptions challenge these concepts. For instance, values of intelligence are shown through how Penelope cunningly evades marriage since Antinous (Book 2) states she had misled the suitors for four years, promising marriage to one of the suitors without the intention of marrying them. Despite her deception, she is still accepted as a good wife since Penelope capitulates to a passive hospitable role. The role of Penelope’s character adapts to the social mobility and influences presented in the Dark Ages, as Penelope is constructed by highly regarded views of males in ancient Greece, whilst being reworked as Penny to adopt to the circumstances of the great depression. Nonetheless, despite Penny using the similar tactics for survival, she is portrayed in a way she catalyzes the complications that Ulysses faces. However, alike Penelope, Penny is forced to adopt an assertive characterization due to the social, political and economic restrictions America systematically held in 1929. Given the Great Depression, most women would be inclined to marry in order to financially support their children, as further supported by the idea women, while according to Kathy MacMahon, making up 25% of the workforce, women retained unstable jobs since cultural views of “women don’t work” caused tension in trade unions, the workplace and allowed bosses to exploit them with higher pay gaps between females than their male counterpart. These difficulties caused women to rely on male partners for financial income hence, Penny’s is shown to adapt to her situation for survival through remarriage. Nonetheless, the film suggests that since Penny adopted a role that is not dependent of Ulysses, she is viewed as selfish. Antonia Quardara suggests a reason as to why the
Values of loyalty and intelligence were significant ideals embedded into Penelope’s character however, adaptions challenge these concepts. For instance, values of intelligence are shown through how Penelope cunningly evades marriage since Antinous (Book 2) states she had misled the suitors for four years, promising marriage to one of the suitors without the intention of marrying them. Despite her deception, she is still accepted as a good wife since Penelope capitulates to a passive hospitable role. The role of Penelope’s character adapts to the social mobility and influences presented in the Dark Ages, as Penelope is constructed by highly regarded views of males in ancient Greece, whilst being reworked as Penny to adopt to the circumstances of the great depression. Nonetheless, despite Penny using the similar tactics for survival, she is portrayed in a way she catalyzes the complications that Ulysses faces. However, alike Penelope, Penny is forced to adopt an assertive characterization due to the social, political and economic restrictions America systematically held in 1929. Given the Great Depression, most women would be inclined to marry in order to financially support their children, as further supported by the idea women, while according to Kathy MacMahon, making up 25% of the workforce, women retained unstable jobs since cultural views of “women don’t work” caused tension in trade unions, the workplace and allowed bosses to exploit them with higher pay gaps between females than their male counterpart. These difficulties caused women to rely on male partners for financial income hence, Penny’s is shown to adapt to her situation for survival through remarriage. Nonetheless, the film suggests that since Penny adopted a role that is not dependent of Ulysses, she is viewed as selfish. Antonia Quardara suggests a reason as to why the