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- “Didn’t Leave Nobody but the Baby” in relation to the Odyssey represent the depictions and characteristics sirens display toward men. We could not include the Sirens from the well-known film “Oh Brother Where Art Thou?” since it is a modified remake of the Odyssey itself. The girls’ music appears to have a hypnotic effect on the three men, drawing them to the river and even tongue-tying the verbose Ulysses character. They simply leave their laundry on the floor and approach the trio slowly in an almost eerie manner—never pausing in their singing or conversation. Their music seems to lure the men into a false sense of security since it sounds like a lullaby. “Come and lay your bones on the alabaster stones and be my ever loving baby,” is a line from one of the lyrics. This phrase nearly appears to suggest a sacrifice of some sort. The women have a more magical, mythological quality to them because of this idea, which connects them to the original Sirens. Later on, it is revealed that Pete was turned in for a bounty by the women, and as a result, he was sacrificed in a manner akin to that of the ancient Greek gods and demi-gods.
- In relation to Homer’s Odyssey the perspectives he fails to represent are women. More specifically the choice to have Sirens be these luring monsters to men depict them as evil. Is there a given why they are like this, of what they think? There is not because homer fails to incorporate any other perspective that resists Odysseus voyage. Yes there is conflict within the story line but how would the audience know the whole story if the sirens perspectives are not shown.
- Didn’t Leave Nobody except the Baby” with reference to the Odyssey symbolizes the traits and representations that sirens show towards men. Since the popular movie “Oh Brother Where Art Thou?” is a modified recreation of the Odyssey itself, we were unable to add the Sirens from that work. Women’s opinions are underrepresented by Homer in the Odyssey. More precisely, the decision to portray sirens as these alluring monsters that lure humans represents them as evil. Is there a definite reason behind their thoughts and behavior? The reason for this is that Homer does not include any other viewpoint that opposes Odysseus’s journey.
