O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Ulysses Everett McGill, also known as just Everett’s illustrated to be the protagonist in the film, “O Brother, Where Art Thou.” Everett is on an adventure with his two companions, Pete and Delmar after escaping the “Prison Chain Gang” to reunite with his wife, Penny and his seven children. Odysseus plays the protagonist in the story “The Odyssey” written by Homer. Odysseus’ strength, confidence, arrogance, nobility, cunningness, and cleverness embodies him as an epic hero. Everett, the protagonist from “O Brother, Where Art Thou” is a worthy representation of Odysseus from “The Odyssey” because they both convey the traits of cleverness, determination, and pride.

Throughout most cultures and societies men are typically seen as the head of the family. They are the ones who provide for and protect the family. Certain situations lead to the separation of man from his family, which creates a window of opportunity for another man to take over. In order for man to remain in his head position, he will face and go through a variety of obstacles. Both Everett in O’Brother Where Art Thou? and Odysseus in The Odyssey face many obstacles in their journey home in order to protect their paterfamilias and oikos, respectively.

The use of the seemingly eloquent plot of the Odyssey in the movie O Brother Where art thou, shows how the Coen brothers chose to modernize the major parts in the Odyssey to address a somber time in history. By recreating epic scenes from the Odyssey the Coen brothers provide a newer sense to various things that come about many times within both the movie and the Odyssey

Odysseus battles mythical creatures like the Cyclops and the Sirens, and faces the wrath of the gods. McGill and his companions encounter dangerous outlaws, navigate treacherous landscapes, and battle with their own inner demons. Another similarity between them would be their comedy and satire. While the Odyssey is a classic epic with a more serious tone, O Brother, Where Art Thou? employs humor and satire to lighten the mood.

The Coen Brothers’ “Oh Brother Where Art Thou?”, loosely based on Homer’s classic adventure The Odyssey, is a film amusingly filled with themes of symbolism similar to those found in Homer’s epic, while still maintaining a sense of originality and style that they have become so renowned for. An exciting and entertaining blend of high adventure, humour, and heartfelt emotion, at first glance, the film barely resembles Homer’s poem: only certain elements are obvious, such as the main character’s name and the three sirens by the river. However, a deeper and more intense analysis of the film and text exposes numerous, if not more subtle references.

One example of Joel and Ethan Coen’s collective comedic sensibility is the way in which they duped Fargo audiences by asserting the film was based on true events when it was not. Their joke on the audience in O Brother is that they claim never to have read The Odyssey. Regardless of whether they have actually read the epic poem or simply the Cliff’s Notes version, by combining their working knowledge of the tale with a strong musical accompaniment, they have managed to stay truer to the original’s form than they might have had they attempted to slavishly mimic Homer’s epic style and story.

Throughout the greater part of history, men were typically viewed as the head of the family. They were the ones who provide for and protect the family. Certain situations lead to the separation of man from his family, which creates a window of opportunity for another man to gain over. In order for man to remain in his head position, he will face a variety of obstacles. Both Everett in O’ Brother Where Art Thou? and Odysseus in The Odyssey faces various obstacles in their journey home in order to protect their paterfamilias and oikos, respectively.

A popular Greek tale is the story of a tragic hero in The Odyssey by the Greek poet Homer. The Odyssey is an ancient tale of a war hero named Odysseus and his journey home. During this journey Odysseus and his shipmates run into many conflicts that test Odysseus's intelligence, bravery and perseverance. He becomes the last hope for anyone to return to their home and to their families. Bailey tells the Hazen's story of family and tragedy as a modern-day Odyssey, portraying Kevin as Odysseus. Throughout The Grace That Keeps this World, Kevin, like Odysseus, is in the process of finding his way home. As the tragic hero, Kevin needs to find his place in life

In book 8, Homer utilizes tone and mood to express Odysseus and Laodamas feelings towards each other. An example of tone hat is depicted in this book is seriousness. At the beginning of line 161, Laodamas generously ask Odysseus if he can join the games with the other men.

In the Odyssey by Homer, the author changes cruelty and kindness in order to reveal his message to not use more brute force than needed to his Ancient Greek audience. Cruelty and kindness develops from the cyclops episode where Odysseus and his crew stab the cyclops in the eye after he was a awful host, also in the land of the dead episode Teiresias gives Odysseus advice for him finding himself, in the meeting of father and son episode Odysseus dresses as a beggar to visit his kingdom he finally appears himself to be Odysseus to his son Telemachus they hug and cry even though emotions are not shown continually throughout the story.

The Odyssey is an eight century epic by Homer which depicts the journey of Odysseus as he attempts to return to his home at Ithaka after the fall of Troy. During his travels, Odysseus faced many obstacles whom he had to overcome. In order to do so, Odysseus had to prove his intellectual capacity, strength and determination. “O Brother Where Art Thou” is a 2000 adventure film which follows the journey of a man named Ulysses Everett McGill as he attempts to make his way back home with two fellow convicts after escaping prison. Although it lacks the structure and does not follow sequence of events of the odyssey, the film portrays many of the fundamental concepts and ideas explored in The Odyssey. In this paper, I will explore the themes of the power of cunning over strength, temptation and vengeance in the Odyssey, in order to depict how they are portrayed in the film “O Brother Where Art Thou” and demonstrate the similarities in both tales.

This old time musical theatrical movie clip was an insightful blast from the past that made you cherish those days where it was inconceivable to not be a gentlemen, and it was a down right shame to be anything less then an honest women. This old time movie with a new age attitude definitely strikes the funny bone of any modern day movie watcher.

Time has not become the conqueror for the classical epic poem The Odyssey. For the past 2,500 years it has been turning its pages for many people all around the world, classifying it as the Western literary tradition. Even in the 21st century The Odyssey is still depicting its prominence when the film O Brother, Where Art Thou was directed in 2000 by loosely portraying the epic. The Coen Brothers’ film O Brother, Where Art Thou mirrors themes, motifs, and symbols from Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. Both creative works recount the twists and turns of a man’s journey home. But was it a relevant successful relation between the two? I tend to think so. The movie O Brother, Where

The film O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a reinterpretation of the epic poem The Odyssey. The Coen brothers, writers and directors of the film, did not over analyze their representation. “It just sort of occurred to us after we’d gotten into it somewhat that it was a story about someone going home, and sort of episodic in nature, and it kind of evolved into that,” says Joel Coen in Blood Siblings, “It’s very loosely and very sort of unseriously based on The Odyssey” (Woods 32). O Brother, Where Art Thou? contains ideas from The Odyssey for the sake of modernization and entertainment of an audience that comprehends the allusions to the epic. The Coen brothers utilize elements of Homer’s The Odyssey to improve and to give direction to O

The movie, O’ Brother, Where Art Thou, is an old-timey film based on Homer’s The Odyssey. The plot and characters are all loosely drawn from the ancient Greek myth, but is set in Mississippi during the Great Depression. The result is an original film filled with adventure, interesting characters, and side-splitting comedy. The George Clooney stars as the main character, Ulysses Everett McGill, with his two man crew, Pete and Delmar, as they trek across Mississippi in search of “treasure” and encounter many of the same trials and troubles that are told about in the myth of Odysseus.