Comparison Oh Brother Where Art Thou Summary Everrett Ulysses McGill sick of breaking rocks in the heat of a Mississippi summer escapes with his two dim accomplices Delmar and Pete Trying to reclaim a buried treasure before its lost forever underneath a lake the three make their way ID: 625706
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O Brother where art thou? / The Odyssey
ComparisonSlide2
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? - Summary
Everrett
Ulysses McGill, sick of breaking rocks in the heat of a Mississippi summer, escapes with his two dim accomplices, Delmar and Pete. Trying to reclaim a buried treasure before it’s lost forever underneath a lake, the three make their way to Everett's homestead. Along the way, they meet a conniving one-eyed Bible salesman, a blind prophet, a trio of sexy sirens, and a man who sold his soul to the devil. In their race to reach the treasure before it's flooded, they end up crashing a Ku Klux Klan lynch mob, help a sensitive Baby-Face Nelson rob three banks in two hours, and even have enough time to put out a best selling record as "The Soggy Bottom Boys."Slide3
Everett Ulysses McGill
Protagonist – compared to Odysseus in the Odyssey
“Ulysses” is the Latin version of the name Odysseus
Denounces religion just as Odysseus does not believe in the power of the gods
The name Odysseus means “man who is in constant pain and sorrow”.
Both men are trying to get back home.Slide4
Blind Prophets
Rail Road Man
TiresiasSlide5
Baptists / Lotus-Eaters
Not shown in the Odyssey movie
The Lotus Eaters trap the crew on the island without the crew realizing it.
Some of the crew eat the lotus (a plant that makes you forget about everything else)
All they want to do is eat the lotus plant and stay there.
Baptists
Lotus-EatersSlide6
Blind bard (poet)
Radio Station Manager
Homer (author of the
Odyssey
)Slide7
Cows!
Not shown in the movie
Odysseus’ men eat the Sun God’s sacred cattle
Zeus throws down a lightning bolt and kills all of the crew except for Odysseus
Babyface
and cattle
The cattle of the Sun God (Helios)Slide8
River Girls / Sirens
Not shown in the movie
The song of the sirens bewitched men and drew them in to the island where they would be smashed against the rock and shipwrecked.
River Girls
SirensSlide9
Changed into an Animal
Pete becomes a toad
Circe changes men to swineSlide10
Big Dan / Cyclops
Big Dan
CyclopsSlide11
Pappy / Menelaus
Pappy (real name is Menelaus) – Governor of Mississippi
Menelaus – King of SpartaSlide12
Sheriff / Poseidon
Sheriff
PoseidonSlide13
Penny / Penelope
Penny (Everett’s wife)
Penelope (Odysseus’ wife)Slide14
Vernon T. Waldrip
/ Suitors
Vernon T.
Waldrip
SuitorsSlide15
Nearly Drowned
Everett survives
Odysseus survives