Comparing Odyssey And O Brother Where Art Thou

The movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou” is remarkably similar to Homer’s “Odyssey” in both plot and character description. Many stories and movies have been based on the same plot as The Odyssey, but one movie in particular did a wonderful job in comparing the two stories, “O Brother, Where Art Thou.” “O Brother, Where Art Thou” is about a man who has to break out of jail to stop his wife from marrying another man and includes his voyage home. “The Odyssey” is about the adventures and misfortunes of Odysseus These two movies, with many of the same events occurring in both allows for the works to be compared easily and thoroughly. Although there is some differences.

In the beginning you see both Odysseus and Ulysses journeying to get to their wives. Both Odysseus and Ulysses had similar situations. They both journeying home from places they did not want to be. On their journeys home they both had men with them. Both going home to get to their wives. On the other hand is one difference in this part. Odysseus is coming home from war, and Ulysses escaping from jail.
They both have a wife and kids at home. Their wives names are some what similar, both starting with Pen. But they do have their differences. Odysseus’s wife, Penelope, waits for Odysseus to return home from war. Penelope doesn’t ever want to believe that Odysseus won’t return home. Together they have a boy, Telemachus. Telemachus has never met his father. Therefore, he doesn’t recognize him when he returns home. Ulysses’s wife, Penny, doesn’t wait for husband to come home. Instead she decides to marry a suitor. Penny had told every body, even their kids, that her husband had gotten hit by a train. Together they have 7 kids. When Ulysses does return home his kids do recognize