Odysseus is a Trojan War hero that has been trying to get home for twenty years. In, O Brother Where Art Thou, Everett is a criminal which has escaped from a chain gang so he stop his wife from marrying another man, these two characters are different based on how Everett is more focused on the task at hand while Odysseus is more
they both are trying to get back home but they come up to a shooting obstacle. in The Odyssey they made high pitched noises. So they tied Odysseus around the pole. So he wouldn't jump off the boat.” Keep well to seaward; play your oarsman's ears with beeswax kneaded soft; none of the rest should hear that song.
As the days went past still no Odysseus my master I will not die without seeing him until then I will hold on to the grass and be the brave Odysseus dog and try to take the pain of these suitors not feeding me abusing me . I will hide under a mass of dung until I wish to see my Odysseus so I can let go. At last I see Odysseus and no it is ok to go when I see him from 20 years and about to die I finally let go as Odysseus walks past trying not to cry because of how I wasn 't taken care of and died. Argos still knows what he was feeling inside so he feels at peace at last and lets the grass go.
Odysseus has to force his men to return to their ship and continue the journey. Neither Everett or Odysseus partake of the sweet "salvation" of the river or the lotus blossom, and both must urge their crew members to on with their continue their
First, Odysseus and Everett share an abundance of epic hero qualities. Everett shows his courage when he disguised as KKK to free Tommy. This parallels to when Odysseys and his crew hide under the sheep and defeats the mighty Polyphemus. Everett is a cunning, quick-tongued, sharp leader, which is the same as Odysseus. Also, Pete and Delmar appear to be as dumb as the crew written in the Odyssey.
and The Odyssey, both stories are about men traveling through many challenging obstacles to get back to their home and their wives. Both Ulysses and Odysseus go through challenging journeys to return back home. They face hardships that they have to overcome that overall makes them a better person. In the literary works, The Odyssey and Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou? , the author uses irony, tone, and
The story Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou have a lot of connections to our life just like how Odysseus was on a journey to get home and Everett was on a journey to get the treasure, we all have roadblocks and fears we have to pass. In the text, The Odyssey was written by Homer and the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen both authors deal with the main idea loyalty. Both stories have loyalty as the theme because in the Odyssey Odysseus wife was loyal to him for 20 years while he was gone.
One of their differences is that Odysseus is physically strong and Everett is not. Odysseus is a Greek and athleticism and strength is very important to them. However we do not see these qualities within Everett when he tries to fight Penny’s fiance. Odysseus and Everett also have very different life statuses. Odysseus is a very valued lead and the King of Ithaca.
Each character from these two stories, are thrown multiple troubles but figure out ways to reach their goal. To show Odysseus’ problems, the cyclops father says to him, “Neither reply nor pity came from them.” This shows that Poseidon was not going to make Odysseus journey home easy. In addition we also see the struggles of Everett in “O Brother Where Art Thou”. To see the similarity Everett is told this by Cooley, “It’s the end of the road for you boys.
During war, military men and women often fight for the massive love for their country or families. These are the exact feelings Odysseus has when fighting in the Trojan War. When war finally ends for the soldier, all they want to do is return home; just as Odysseus wanted. Tiresias, the blind seer, knows this about Odysseus and specifically tells him. “‘A fair wind and the honey lights of home are all you seek’”
Imagine going on a journey and not knowing the potential obstacles that will come up along the way. Characters or real human beings do not always know what is going to happen on their journeys nor do they know the consequences that may arise. A journey sometimes results in losing loved ones for a single chance for something good to come out of it. The people that complete a goal during these journeys have to be strong and brave. Two people that relate to this type of journey are Odysseus in the story of The Odyssey written by Homer, and John Kuol from the story “Escaping Death”.
There are some major conflicts in the Odyssey. In the story Odysseus comes across situations that he thinks he can take advantage of because he thinks he can get away with doing things. Because he thinks so highly of himself and he is useduse to others thinking highly of himself, he gets into some major conflicts. In the Odyssey it states, “Ah how shameless- the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone, they say, come all their miseries, yes, but they themselves, with their own reckless ways, compound their pains beyond their proper share” (Homer 32-35).
The actions of Aeneas and Odysseus throughout their journeys exhibit the vastly different heroic values that each of them hold and how it represents their respective empire. Aeneas displays immense leadership characteristics, as his primary concern is always in the best interest of his people. Being the duty-bound leader that he is, he is one that will choose to forgo his personal desires and act upon his civil duties to his people. Aeneas’ leave-taking of Dido is an excellent representation of Aeneas living by his commitments, rather than his emotions. Although Aeneas is heartbroken about having to leave Dido and the peaceful life he could have had behind, he was given the task of creating an empire in Rome and that is exactly what he must
Ironically, though their conquests were different and, the different challenges they had to go through. For both characters, their motivation was personal: they were fighting to return or to save the person that they love. Odysseus’ main motivation was to return home to his wife - Penelope, while Percy had to face a more dire quest
Although Homer and Shakespeare lived centuries apart, they both managed to write their own masterpieces that were well ahead of their time. Homer, an ancient Greek writer creates a very intelligent character, Odysseus, who experiences the highs and lows of life and identity formation. Similar to Homer, Early seventeenth-century English playwright, Shakespeare, tailors his main character to have similar attributes to that of Odysseus. Both characters are intelligent, quick witted and natural born leaders, and their creators both focused heavily on their wits and their moral didacticism, which is portrayed throughout both the Odyssey and Hamlet. When creating Odysseus, Homer didn’t leave him without any admirable traits.
