Odysseus O Brother, Where Art Thou In Homer's Odyssey

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O Brother, Where Art Thou is loosely based of the Odyssey, writtern by Homer. This was clear from the very start because in both the epic and movie, they begin by saying “O Muse..”. There are other evidence in O Brother that connect it to the Odyssey through character, confliclt, relationship, and theme. Many of the character have the same characteristics in the Odyssey and O brother. An examples of this is found between Odysseus and Everett. The main goal for both of these characters throughout the story is returning to their family, but there is many incidents before their goal is achieved. Both protagonists believe that they are the greatest and that they don’t need any help from the Gods. This is shown because Odysseus does not sacrifice god, man vs. man, or man vs. himself. The main conflict in the Odyssey and O brother is between man vs. god. Odysseus and Everett anger the gods and in return they get their revenge on them until they ask for forgiveness. Unfortunetly, the characters do not want to admit that they were the ones who were wrong which ends up creating a dispute between them. Another conflict that occurs is man vs. man. Odysseus vs. his crew and Everett vs. Peter and Delmar is a good resemblence of this type of conflict. Everett and Odysseus’s men are always following their leader, but they what they don’t know is that their leaders are betraying them. Everett does not tell Peter and Delmar that there is no treasure. Odysseus was informed about his crew dying during his journey back to Ithaca, but chose not to inform them about it. Also both of the main character’s followers are in trouble because of what their leader have done.The last conflict that can be identified in both the Odyssey and O brother is man vs. himself. Odysseus and Everett have a constant dispute with themselves throughout the story. Both protagonist cannot find any other way of returning to their loved ones other than apologizing to the gods. Both characters debate whether they should ask for forgiveness in order to end this

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