How is The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou similar?

How is The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou similar?

Both the Odyssey and O’Brother end in a similar fashion. Throughout the poem, Odysseus is driven by the need to get home after discovering his wife is being forced to remarry. A group of 100 potential suitors have arrived at Odysseus home, and are refusing to leave until Penelope picks a husband.

What does the blind seer say in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Blind Seer : You seek a great fortune, you three who are now in chains. You will find a fortune, though it will not be the one you seek.

Where did O Brother, Where Art Thou take place?

1937 rural Mississippi
The film is set in 1937 rural Mississippi during the Great Depression. The story revolves around three convicts, Ulysses Everett McGill, Pete, and Delmar O’Donnell, who escape from a chain gang and set out to retrieve a supposed treasure Everett buried before the area is flooded to make a lake.

Where did O Brother Where Art Thou take place?

What is the name of Pete’s cousin at the horse farm?

Shortly after returning home, Pete began courting his first cousin, Sarah Avaline Sellars, the daughter of his Uncle Griffin Sellars. Neither Griffin nor his wife approved of the courtship, so they decided to elope as soon as Sarah turned 18, on Sept. 16, 1867.

How many daughters does Everett have in O Brother Where Art Thou?

Natalie Shedd of Pearl, then 5 years old, won one of the most enviable roles: one of the four “Wharvey gals,” daughters of Everett Ulysses McGill (George Clooney) and his estranged wife, Penny (Holly Hunter). Shedd’s mother, Jeannine, also appears in the movie as an extra in two scenes.

What is the town at the end of O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Everett and Delmer roll into the town of Canton on West Peace Street, on the south side of the town’s Courthouse Square, in time to witness the political rally for Homer Stokes (Wayne Duvall), the embarrassingly literal “friend of the little man”.