have some very similar elements such as the Polyphemus the Cyclops and Big Dan, the Sirens and the girls by the river, The Suitors and Penny’s fiancé, Tiresias & the Blind Seer. Polyphemus and Big Dan, both beat the heroes, but the hero did beat them, the sirens and the girls by the river tried to end the hero’s quest, but the hero resisted and got over them. The suitors and Penny’s fiancé wanted to marry the hero’s wife and eventually the hero beat them and took back his wife, and Tiresias & the Blind Seer both gave the hero a prophecy about their quest. In conclusion The Odyssey and the movie: O Brother, Where Art Thou? had very similar events, therefore, the movie and book are very…
Two translations of The Odyssey, by Robert Fitzgerald and Emily Wilson create nuances about the characters. The variations in the Wilson translation and Fitzgerald translation of The Odyssey make distinctions in how the reader views Odysseus, Penelope and Telemakhos. Odysseus left for Ithaka 20 years ago. Suitors stay in Odysseus’s house to attempt to win Penelope’s hand in marriage. Eurykleia, the nurse, tells Penelope Odysseus killed all the suitors.…
“Anything worth dying for...is worth living for.” Joseph Heller, Catch-22. Loyalty and perseverance are two main themes that go hand in hand throughout the Odyssey by Homer, and O Brother Where Art Thou? by Joel and Ethan Coen, as well as Odysseus’ and Everett McGill’s personality traits and their purposes for the journeys they endured. The most noteworthy similarities are those between the main characters, and the ongoing external and internal conflicts found between god and man, man and man, or man versus himself.…
The O Brother, Where Art Thou and the Odyssey are very similar, but on the other hand the poem and the film are relatively different in their settings and time periods. The odyssey is set in ancient Greece. Odysseus has Soldiers for a crew. The whole crew dies in the Odyssey. The odyssey constant of god's and goddesses in it and his enemies are gods, goddesses, and suitors.…
In the movie there are specific scenes that are complex to the audience that has not read the odyssey. The audience will still be capable to understand the movie without reading the odyssey. For the audience that has read the odyssey, they will be able to understand the movie fully and get the full experience. They add things from the odyssey without stating it, for example Big Dan was the Cyclops from the odyssey but they never state that.…
There is always a reason behind every journey; these reasons motivate adventurer to complete their journey. Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey and Salak’s travel memoir The Cruelest Journey, share what drives adventurers to complete their journey. In Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey the protagonist is wandering for years in search of home, since he was blown of coarse. Similarly, in Salak’s memoir, the explorer is tying to set a new record, while learning something new about herself.…
At some point in their lives, most people have heard their parents utter a variation of the phrase, "Life's not fair". This phrase about the injustice of life is a common theme that has shown up within many literary works throughout time. For example, we can find this theme in "The Odyssey", "Oedipus Rex", and even "The Book of Job". "The Odyssey" is a story about a King named Odysseus, who is fated by the gods to make a perilous from Troy to his home in Ithaca. The only reason for this journey is that the gods' wanted the pleasure of seeing Odysseus suffer.…
The Cyclops sport Odysseus and his en and try to kill them. Odysseus has never seen a Cyclops before, so when the Cyclops tries to kill him and his men, he doesn’t know what to do, “...he dumped it with a great crash into the hollow cave, and we all scattered fast to the far wall” (Homer 566). If Odysseus has seen a Cyclops before, then he would know exactly what to do when a cyclops gets…
Much like in the movie, O Brother, Where Art Thou and The Odyssey, the main character must overcome many obstacles. Both tales also share the theme, of the importance of remaining persistent in the face of adversity. In The Odyssey, Odysseus must overcome many obstacles, to make it home to his family. Odysseus faces many monsters and gods that stand in his way.…
In the original tale of The Odyssey, through the poem, Poseidon is indignant when regarding Odysseus as he had blinded his son, a cyclops named Polyphemus. However in the film conversion of The Odyssey, the god Poseidon aids Odysseus in convincing the Trojans to take the offering (a wooden horse filled with Greek soldiers) into their walls of Troy. He does so by ordering his sea monster to devour Laocoön, who told the Trojans to burn the horse; and when Laocoön dies the Trojans consider the horse as a sacred offering and allow it into their walls. Unfortunately, Odysseus celebrated victory by cheering that he had won the war on his own thus angering Poseidon into making Odysseus’ travel home nearly impossible. Another difference found in these scenes is the blinding of the cyclops Polyphemus.…
Apollodorus’ Library is a reference work in which authors and poets can obtain information about Greek mythology to discuss in a paper or poem. Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a work of literature which contains many poems about Greek mythology. Ovid’s Metamorphoses would be a work of literature in which the author would get the small details of the god or goddess’s life from Apollodorus’ Library.…
Throughout The Odyssey-an epic by Homer-we learn of all the trials and tribulations King Odysseus faces as he fights to return home to his loving wife, Penelope, and growing son, Telemachus. While Odysseus is away, there are many young men attempting to lure in his wife, Penelope, and take over his kingdom. They plot to kill Prince Telemachus and King Odysseus if he ever returns to Ithaca. Once Odysseus returns home, he remains in disguise until he is certain it is safe for him to reveal his identity. He convinces Penelope to set up a contest for the suitors in which they try to string King Odysseus’s bow, which only he can string, and shot an arrow through twelve axe heads.…
It is well known that Virgil was a creative genius. Although his creativity was evident, it is also understood that his works have been greatly influenced by the works of other writers, such as Homer 's, The Odyssey. The two epics are very similar in some ways, but also extremely different. A comparison between Homer 's, The Odyssey, and Virgil 's, The Aeneid, will show the different aspects of the Greek and Roman cultures.…
Allison Craig Advanced English 10 Compare and Contrast essay 6/30/15 Captivating Audiences Have you ever wondered how film writers came up with all of the ideas to make fantastic blockbusters? Many of these movies are adapted from their original books, including The Odyssey, which was written by Homer. This novel is believed to be composed near the end of the eighth century. However, the Odyssey became modified by the film writer Andrei Konchalovsky, into a famous movie.…
In William Faulkner’s novel, As I Lay Dying, the Bundren family makes a journey to the town of Jefferson to bury their mother. However, this is not the only journey taking place. Darl is slowly going mad and Addie is making her journey to the afterlife. In the poem The Odyssey by Homer, similar events unfold with Agamemnon who is also making his trip to the underworld.…