O Brother, Where Art Thou, a film written and directed by the Coen brothers, is a modern interpretation of Homer's ancient epic, the Odyssey. The opening credits of the film cite the invocation of the Muse from the first lines of the epic: "Oh Muse, sing in me, and through me tell the story of the man skilled in all ways of struggle , A vagrant, harassed for years. at the end.” The film follows Ulysses Everett McGill (played by George Clooney), a Depression-era Ulysses, and his men Delmar O'Donnell (Tim Nelson) and Pete Hogwallop (John Turturro). All three men are escaped convicts, fleeing the law across the Deep South in an effort to return home and share (really non-existent) treasure. The leader of their group, Ulysses Everett McGill (now called Everett), is a self-proclaimed lawyer with smooth speech and extreme selfish problems. Pride is a theme in both the film and the original epic. In the Odyssey and in O Brother, Where Art Thou, his pride is the source of many dilemmas. The visual symbol of this pride throughout the film is Everett's Dapper Dan pomade. Everett's character possesses many Odyssean qualities: his cunning, his intelligence, his mastery of words, and, above all, his stubborn pride. Odysseus' downfall in the Odyssey is his compelling need to remember his name and his deeds. As a hero, this is his tragic flaw. By the time he is introduced in the epic, he has already been wandering for many years. He then tells how he found himself in such a sad state, unable to reach his home in Ithaca. It all started with his meeting with the Cyclops Polyphemus, while returning home from the Trojan War. Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon, the god of the seas. He traps Odysseus and his men...... middle of paper ...... ett's prayer - it is questionable whether either hero has really changed his ways. But, as Everett says in his final lines, "All's well, it ends well" and both men are able to achieve their goals. Odysseus manages to return home and Everett is pardoned and reunited with his wife and daughters. Works Cited Fagles, Robert. “Book nine: In the cave of the one-eyed giants.” The Odyssey. New York, New York: Penguin Group, 1996. . Print.O brother, where are you?. Real. Joel and Ethan Coen. Touchstone Home Video, 2001 “O Brother, Where Art Thou?.” IMDb. IMDb.com, and Web. May 1, 2014. .Scott, Gabriel. "Analysis of the Coen's O Brother! Where Are You? to Homer's Odyssey.". Np, February 1, 2011. Web. April 27. 2014. .