There was no way they could have found the treasure Ulysses told Pete and Delmar existed because it did not exist. ... They brought him down similar to the same way that Odysseus did the Cyclops. ... In the poem, Posidein (Cyclops's father) made Odysseus's journey harder by casting storms during his journey. ... Ulysses chooses not to take part knowing the state will not forgive him of his sins. ... Ulysses brings back the wrong ring but still wins back his wife. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They begin to eat it and then a Cyclops comes in. As the Cyclops attacked Odysseus and his men Odysseus threw a stick at his eyes and blinded him. They escaped, but angered the god of the sea Poseidon, who was the Cyclops father. ... Unlike the Cyclops he gets away. ... The Cyclops wanted Odysseus and his men for food and One-eyed Big Dan wanted to rob Ulysses and his friends. ...

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In the movie, Ulysses initially appears to be on a quest for treasure. ... The most obviously linked in the movie and the Odyssey are the Sirens , and the one eyed Cyclops. ... In the Odyssey, Odysseus comes encounter with Polypemus the one eyed Cyclops who takes four of his men and kills them. In the movie Big Daniel Teague is a one-eyed bible salesman who gives both Ulysses and Delmar a through beating, before squishing the horny toad that is supposedly Pete and then makes off with Ulysses" money and car. ... The success of the Soggy Bottom Boys and the pardoning by the governor of Mi...

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Pete and Delmar represent Ulysses' men in the film. ... Ulysses' men and Pete and Delmar are very similar. ... He uses the Cyclops from the text in his film, but transforms the traditional monster into a modern monster- a greedy man posing as someone trustworthy. ... Both of the journeys have some very narrow escapes, and two examples of these are Ulysses and his men being trapped in the cave with the Cyclops. They escape by blinding the Cyclops and hiding under goats to leave the cave undetected. ...

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It is about a man whose name is Ulysses Everett Mcgill. ... Another very obvious similarity is that of the Cyclops. In the Odyssey, Polyphemus is a huge, one-eyed, cannibalistic Cyclops who lives with other Cyclopes on their own island. ... He beats up Ulysses (Everett) and Delmar and steals their money and their car; But that's not the last they see of Big Dan Teague. ... The way that the "Cyclops" is dealt with is somewhat different in both accounts. ...

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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 book, Odysseus encounters a Cyclops because of his greed and loses a great number of men. ... 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. ...

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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 book, Odysseus encounters a Cyclops because of his greed and loses a great number of men. ... 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. ...

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Ulysses Everett Mcgill, parallels Odysseus in The Odyssey. ... Ulysses is the Roman name for Odysseus. ... The one eyed bible salesman that Everett encounters is comparable to the Cyclops that Odysseus encounters. ...

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Meanwhile, the Odyssey is an account of the 10-year journey of Odysseus (Ulysses; a Greek hero) back to his homeland- Ithaca- after the fall of Troy. ... IV- Characters: • Odysseus- also known as Ulysses; King of Ithaca; considered as the shrewdest among the warriors; a Greek hero; thinker of the Trojan Horse • Penelope- wife of Odysseus • Athena- Goddess of War, Wisdom, and Handicrafts; a.k.a Minerva in Roman Mythology; favored the Greeks during the Trojan War; daughter of Zeus and Hera. ... Odysseus next stop was the island of Polyphemus, a Cyclops and Poseidon's...

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• Grade Level: High School

Based on Homer's 'Odyssey,' the movie, O Brother Where Art Thou, deals with the picaresque adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s, Mississippi. ... Among them are the Sirens, a Cyclops, bank robber George 'Baby face' Nelson, a campaigning Governor, his opponent, a Ku Klux Klan lynch mob, and a blind prophet, who warns the trio that treasure they seek shall not be the treasure they find, and foretells a few events, such as the "cow atop a hen house". ...

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(10) Ryland Randolph was the official spokesman of the Alabama sector of the KKK as well as the editor of the Independent Monitor and Exalted Cyclops of the Tuscaloosa Klan. ... The poor white dirt farmers felt that these black men were going to try to take their jobs and interfere in their everyday, normal lives. (16-17) President Ulysses S. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School