Comparison of The Odyssey and O Brother Where Art Thou

Throughout the movie, there are quite a few similarities between the plots, themes, and characters of the book but they are looked upon in a more “liberal” kind of way (this liberal way will be explain later). For example, the main character of the movie is Everett Ulysses. It is widely known that Ulysses is the Roman name version of Odysseus. In the beginning of the movie, we are introduced to two other characters besides Everett. These two people are named Pete and Delmar. Everett has promised Pete and Delmar that if they hel

Another comparison between the two stories is the events with the Cyclopes. In the book, Odysseus encounters a Cyclops because of his greed and loses a great number of men. In the end, Odysseus and some of his men managed to escape by stabbing the Cyclops in the eye with a burning stick of wood. In the movie, the Cyclops is a large salesman by the name of Big Dan T. We know that he is meant to be the Cyclops because he wears a patch over one of his eyes. During lunch, Big Dan T attacked both Everett and Delmar and stole their money. Later on in the story, Everett kills Big Dan T by crushing him with a burning cross. The burning cross brings a great deal of mystery and suspense into the story. In our society, a cross is used to symbolize Christianity. Now why would the directors use a Christian reference of religion in a Greek story? It turns out that even though the true essence of this movie has to deal with The Odyssey, a lot of things have been changed to fit modern “liberal” ways of thinking. Most people today do not believe in the Greek religion so they incorporate things to fit the dominant

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