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Todd Clark
Great Movies, Great Books
Comparison Assignment
7-25-08

The movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?� is strikingly similar to Homer’s “Odyssey� in both plot and character description. In fact, one critic notes, “O Brother Where Art Thou?� is a Homeric journey through Mississippi during the Depression.� Thus, we find the modern film depiction of the troubles of a man during the depression is molded by the ancient struggles of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey. Specifically, three parallels surface in the discussion of the similarities between Homer’s classic epic and “O Brother Where Art Thou?� The Cyclops encounter for instance, is transcendent between both works. Furthermore, each story contains a comparable perspective of the Lotus Eaters. Finally, the strongest parallel between the “Odyssey� and “O Brother, Where Art Thou?� is the mystical call of the Sirens and the powers of the witch goddess Circe.

The Cyclops appears in both works. The......

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