In "The Odyssey", the main character's name is Odysseus. In "O' Brother...", the main character's name is Ulysses. They both are on a journey to their home. Odysseus is headed to Greece, because he was in a war with Sparta that was away from his home. Ulysses is headed back to Mississippi because he escaped from jail. They both encounter unusual obstacles on their way. Odysseus meets up with a Cyclops that gets its eye poked out. Ulysses meets a one eyed man.
In both movies the Cyclops kills both characters friend. However, in O' Brother, the one eyed man was thought to have killed his friend, but he realized later that he didn't. Odysseus thinks that he doesn't need the god's help, but learns in the end that he does. Ulysses is cocky and thinks he doesn't need God. Nevertheless, in the end he too, learns that he does and prays for God to help him.
William W. Loring, Ulysses S. Grant, and other sol...
English: 18th-century French engraving of Odysseus...
Temple of Poseidon - Western fascadeIn the Odyssey, Odysseus meets the blind seer ________. In O Brother, Ulysses and his buddies meet the blind African-American railcar operator that tells them they will see a cow on a roof and tells him of the flood
In The Odyssey, Odysseus encounters the Lotus Eaters and there seducing plant. In O' Brother, Ulysses doesn't give in to the singing church people. In Homer, the singing women bathing on the rocks try to seduce Odysseus, but he doesn't go to them. In O' Brother Ulysses is seduced by the women bathing in the lake. In The Odyssey, Odysseus' son doesn't recognize him. In O' Brother Ulysses' daughter doesn't recognize him.
In The Odyssey, Odysseus' wife was forced to marry one of the men of the kingdom, but Odysseus fights and kills all the...