In these three texts, somethings are the same, and some are not. Homer likes to emphasize on three main things; the heroism of Odysseus, the magic powers of sirens, and the steps Odysseus uses, told by Circe, take to get past the sirens. Whereas, “O’ Brother Where Art Thou,” emphasizes where Pete gets turned into a toad (according to Delmar), the spell of the sirens is being controlled by making the three men drink moonshine, yet the sirens still sing a song in the background. Lastly, Atwood emphasizes around the ideas, the sirens do not like being stuck on the island, the content of the song is stated many times, and that the three sirens are bored of being on the island. The authors of these three texts primarily emphasized their own things, they easily felt that their ideas were more important. Not only do authors emphasize many things, they also leave stuff out. …show more content…
Homer excluded death and bodies, due to Odysseus and his crew survived. One of the thing that is omitted in “O’ Brother Where Art Thou?” is the same as Homers, but they make it seem as if he is, but he’s not, and the other is it doesn’t have any heroism. Atwood left out Odysseus and his crew, the text focuses on primarily the