Oh Brother Where Art Thou Character Analysis

The characters that are portrayed in the movie, “Oh Brother Where Art Thou,” is an adaptation from the Odyssey. Ulysses Everett McGill is a portrayal to Odysseus in several factors to their similarities. Odysseus, from The Odyssey, is described as a cunny and smart man which is embarking on a journey to get back home to his wife Penelope. In the movie, “Oh Brother Where Art Thou,” Everett is shown as having the intelligence among his crew members and is on a journey back home to his wife, Penny. Odysseus is also the enemy of Poseidon and a friend of Athena. The sheriff resembles Poseidon and Tommy Johnson is Athena, the one that is helping Everett in his journey. Everett is seen seeing “A Man of Constant Sorrow,” where he is describing the life of Odysseus that he have been in. The enemy that hates Odysseus and is hunting him down is Poseidon. The Sheriff is comparable to Poseidon as the scenes that he is in there is water surrounding him. The scene where Pete got caught and was being whipped. The rain was starting to sprinkle down on to the men in which
They first met the Cyclop when they ran into his cave full of food. The Cyclop trapped Odysseus and his crew with him by putting a rock in front of the door. Odysseus sharpened a wooden shaft and stabbed the Cyclop in his eye. They then hold on to the underside of the sheep and escaped from the Cyclops. Everett and Delmar stopped into a restaurant where they were ordering food and met Big Dan Teague. Big Dan is seen with one good eye and started a friendly conversation with them. He lures the two men up on a hill and have a picnic with them, where he kills the toad that was supposed to be Pete. Everett and his crew, wore white outfits of the Kl Klux Klan that resembles them as a sheep. Big Dan Teague gets killed with a flaming cross that portrays the wooden shaft that blinded