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O Brother Where Art Thou And Odysseus Comparison

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The book “The Odyssey” and the movie “O Brother Where Art Thou” are very similar in their plots. The character Odysseus from “The Odyssey” is comparable to the character Ulysses Everett from “O brother Where Art Thou” because they both overcome many obstacles along their journey and are put into similar situations. As you read these two stories, it is very easy to see the comparisons, and understand them fully. The character Odysseus from The Odyssey is comparable to the character Everett from the movie “O Brother Where Art Thou” because of the relation between both story lines. The summary of these two stories are easily connected through many things throughout the plot. To portray Odysseus’s journey he says “What I want and all my days I pine for is to go back to my house and see the day of my homecoming.” This shows that Odysseus may have had fun along the way but he just wants to be home. Likewise is stated in “O Brother Where Art Thou” whenever Everett is sitting around the campfire with Delmar and Pete. Everett states, “Pretty soon it will be nothing but silk beds and feather pillows.” This shows us that Everett will always strive for his homelife even when …show more content…

Each character from these two stories, are thrown multiple troubles but figure out ways to reach their goal. To show Odysseus’ problems, the cyclops father says to him, “Neither reply nor pity came from them.” This shows that Poseidon was not going to make Odysseus journey home easy. In addition we also see the struggles of Everett in “O Brother Where Art Thou”. To see the similarity Everett is told this by Cooley, “It’s the end of the road for you boys. It has had its twist and turns.” This shows that Everett has had a long journey and still hasn’t made it home. Obviously people can see these two boys had no easy

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As a result, he earns the respect that he accepts his mistakes without causing harm to others with him or around. Both Everett and Odysseus recognize and admit their mistakes with pride. In The Odyssey “Odysseus enters his home as a beggar, and the suitors mock and abused him. Penelope asks to speak with the beggar, but Odysseus puts her off until nightfall” (Book 17, Italic)

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Odysseus and Everett are both on a journey to get home. In The Odyssey, Odysseus has been away for a long time, twenty years to be exact. He was at the Trojan War for ten years and it took him ten more to get home. In O Brother Where Art Thou, Everett got away from the other prisoners that he was chained with so he can go home and win his wife back. The two men are vain.

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Odysseus teasing the Cyclops after they escaped the island demonstrates his tragic flaw of pride and arrogance. Its important because it reveals this side of Odysseus that shows his ability to use the pride and arrogance to get through battle, but it leads to recklessness that shapes conflict. Proving this is what Odysseus says to the Cyclops after his crew asks him to stop taunting him "Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: Laertes' son whose homes on Ithaca" (Homer 503). Then the Cyclops prays to Poseidon, the Cyclops's father, and has him curse Odysseus for the rest of his time. This is why it takes so long for Odysseus to get home.

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