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... Ulysses Everett McGill in O Brother, Where Art Thou? ... If Everett in O Brother, Where Art Thou? had not had these same qualities, he would not have pulled off the same effect that Odysseus did in The Odyssey. The story would not have even been the same, since one of the main focuses of The Odyssey is Odysseus’ iron-willed drive that eventually gets him home. ... It may have been more accepted for the men to do that sort of thing in that era than in the time period of O Brother, Where Art Thou? ...
One other effective adaptation where Everett is modernized from Odysseus in O Brother, Where Art Thou? ... Generally, men rule over women, husbands’ rule over their wives, and this was even more evident in the time period of the Odyssey. ... This change in character, this somewhat “surrendering” attitude that Everett displays towards Penny also provides more comedy for the film, whereas The Odyssey was not necessarily a typical comedic novel, nor was that what the audience during that time period was exposed to. ...
Some would say that Odysseus to Everett is not the most effective adaptation of The Odyssey in O Brother, Where Art Thou? ...
Overall, evidence shows that the adaptation between Odysseus in The Odyssey and Everett in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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Approximate Pages = 7.3
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