O Brother, Where Art Thou?
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Year of Release: 2000
Directed by: Joel and Ethan Coen
Starring: George Clooney,
John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson
Awards: 2001 Golden Globe for
Best Actor (Clooney), nominated
for several others. Soundtrack
won 2002 Grammy for Album of the Year.
Archetypes
Ulysses Everett McGill - Trickster
Delmar O'Donnell - Fool
Pete Hogwallop - Naive
Tommy Johnson - Explorer
Pappy O'Daniel - Ruler
Homer Stokes - Ruler
Sheriff - Shadow
George Nelson - Rebel
Sirens - Temptress
Postcolonialism
O Brother and Hamlet
Initial
Call to Adventure
Threshold
Supernatural Help
Trials
Trial 1
Trial 2
Soggy Bottom Boys
Trial 3
Trial 4
Trial 5
Trial 6
Trial 7
Trial 8
Abyss
Revelation and Transformation
