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    Everette from the movie O Brother Where Are Thou because he always ends up winning or always gets out of a predicament that he gets in. Another example is everette is also on an epic journey he goes from the farm all the way back home for his wife similar to the epic poem the Odyssey where Odysseus travles long and far searching for his home so he can go back home to his wife and son. Everette is on a journey to go home‚ He escapes from the farm with two frinds which repersents odysseus and his

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    and O Brother Where Art Thou? Homer’s The Odyssey has been known to have influenced many novels and movies‚ one of which is the Coen Brothers’ 2000 film‚ O Brother Where Art Thou?. This movie is known to be loosely based on the poem The Odyssey and it is evident through the movie’s plot and characters. What leads us to see the connection of this film to The Odyssey‚ though‚ are the similarities between the leading characters; Odysseus in The Odyssey and Ulysses in O Brother Where Art Thou

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    When the film O Bother Where Art Thou first started‚ I was unable to make any correlation between that and The Odyssey‚ but as it progressed I soon was able to follow the plot and match creatures to their ancient Greek counterparts. As Odysseus encountered many monsters‚ mystical creatures‚ and gods‚ Ulysses (the main Odysseus like character in O Bother Where Art Thou) had many of his own encounters with Odyssey like creatures. While O Bother Where Art Thou is based on The Odyssey they still have

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    Josie Channel Mr. Wilcoxon English Composition I November 4‚ 2014 The Hero’s Journey There are many steps of “The Hero’s Journey”. The first step of The Hero’s Journey is the ‘Ordinary World’. The ‘Ordinary World’ allow us to get to know the Hero and identify with him before the Journey begins. This step refers to the heros normal life at the start of the story. Next‚ is the ‘Call to Adventure’ and the hero is faced with something that makes him start his adventure. This might be a problem or

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    Women where art thou? Is Hollywood sexist or is it that there are not enough women passionate about filmmaking? There has always been a lack of female movie producers. Maybe some women feel they do not have a chance because it is a male dominated world so they give up on their dream of producing films. Due to the small number of female filmmakers it is now difficult for studios to imagine women in charge. Hollywood feels that film is a major business filled with financial risk and the whole industry

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    O’Brother Where Art Thou In the beginning of the movie we meet Everett‚ Pete and Delmar. Everett’s first name is Ulysses and Ulysses in roman is odysseus which is a comparison with the odyssey because they both have a similar meaning in names as also odysseus wife was called Penelope and Everett’s wife was called penny which was short for penelope. In the odyssey there is a Cyclopes mentioned who is a tall‚ one-eyed monster. Meanwhile‚ in a comparison the movie O’brother where art thou‚ pete and

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    The movie “O BrotherWhere Art Thou?” explains the story of Odysseus in “The Odyssey” through a more modern storyteller. In fact‚ the movie uses very similar character names so today’s audience can easily relate the movie to the original poem “The Odyssey.” For example‚ Ulysses is Latin for the name Odysseus. Even Odysseus wife’s name is Peggy‚ while Ulysses wife’s name is Penny. These similarities are shown throughout the movie not only with character names‚ but also with the original myths

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    The poem “The Odyssey” and the movie OBrother Where Are Thou were about two men and their struggle to get home. They were similar in many ways‚ yet they were also very different. Some of the similarities are more obvious and some of them are somewhat discrete. It was a very good way of showing what happened to Odysseus in a more modern way. In “The Odyssey” the main character’s name is Odysseus‚ which in Roman is Ulysses. Odysseus was on a journey home from the Trojan War. He had a wife named

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    OBrother Where Art Thou? Allusions Everett McGill is an escaped convict‚ treasure hunter‚ and according to his wife: dead‚ but he has a resemblance to the fearless Greek epic hero‚ Odysseus‚ from Homers highly renowned classic The Odyssey. Joel Coen‚ director of the blockbuster movie OBrother Where Art Thou‚ purposefully shaped George Clooney’s character‚ Everett‚ to resemble Odysseus. OBrother Where Art Thou? makes many allusions to Homers Greek epic The Odyssey regarding plot‚ characters

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    The Odyssey and O BrotherWhere Art Thou are similar movies in various ways. Although they are made five years apart they share similar acts‚ characters and scenes. First off‚ The Sirens (washing women) that seduce the three main characters in O BrotherWhere are Thou are the Sirens that attempt to seduce Odysseus and his crew while they are headed home. Also‚ the sheriff is similar to the god Poseidon‚ who torments Odysseus and prolongs his journey home. While in The Odyssey‚ Odysseus and his

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