RLG232H1 Lecture : january 12, 2012
Document Summary
Written by the coen brothers and homer. Claimed that it is only marginally based on the epic. Prophecy: odysseus journey home will be long and dangerous. An encounter with people who eat lotus fruit. Some of odysseus men taste the fruit and, in a state of bliss, forget that they are on a journey home. The cyclops: stabs his eye polyphemus. Odysseus s katabasis journey to the underworld. Poseidon, the sea god: odysseus antagonist polyphemus s father is. Disguised as beggar tricks the suitors archer competition penelope knows he is odysseus b/c he knows that their bed is made of a certain wood. Old man on railway gives them prophecy. Man is blind like the prophet in the odyssey. Fate rewarding them like the fates in ancient greek mythology. Congregation in the woods lotus fruit eaters baptists. One of the people with odysseus figure (delmar) symbolizing the men listening to the sirens song.
