Poseidon In The Movie example essay topic
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Did you know that the movie, "O Brother Where Art Thou" is based on Homer's Odyssey? I didn't know that until I watched the movie. There are many similarities and differences between the characters in the movie and in the book. There was a Cyclops in both the movie and the book. The Cyclops in the movie is a one-eyed Bible salesman named, Big Dan Teague. He lures them out to a remote location under the pretext of talking business, then proceeds to beat them with a tree branch. The Cyclops in the book is Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. He eats a couple of Odysseus's men. Odysseus taunted the monster from his ship, and Polyphemus invoked the curse of his father, Poseidon. There were Sirens in the movie and book as well. The Sirens in the movie are three women who are bathing and washing their clothes in a seductive manner.
They drug Ulysses, Delmar, and Pete with some potion, while whispering to them, "Go to sleep you little baby... ". The Sirens in the book live on an island and their sweet singing lures sailors to their doom. Odysseus bid the crew to cover their ears, while he himself was tied to the mast, so that he might listen, yet not be seduced.
There was also a Poseidon in both. The Poseidon in the movie is Sheriff Cooley. Sheriff Cooley is trying to catch up with Ulysses, Delmar, and Pete. The Sheriff will not let them go free. In the book Polyphemus tells his father, Poseidon, to not let Odysseus reach his home, (hence the god's enmity toward Odysseus). Poseidon does everything in his power to reek havoc on Odysseus.
I urge everyone to read the great Homeric epic, Odyssey, and watch "O Brother Where Art Thou.".
