Friday, November 22, 2019
Cyclops: Text To Film In "The Odyssey?"
What subtle or overt differences did you notice regarding the Book IX The Odyssey reading and The Odyssey film clip of the Cyclops episode? Explain, note, argue, quote, and defend. Anything regarding the Heroic Code, Guest/Host Relationship, or hubris? After watching the film clip, please respond during class.
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In both the text and film adaptations of The Odyssey, the cyclops is very rude and ends up eating one of Odysseus's men. However, there are many differences, such as when they create a spear with the olive tree. Olive trees don't grow straight and long. The spear in the movie might not even be an olive tree.
The differences between the book and the episode of the cyclops is there was no dancing or flute playing in the book. He did not pray to Athena in the episode and they did not carve a point in the book. These are just a few that I noticed.
In the movie the cyclops and human are talking about magic in his brain but there's nothing about that in the book. In the book there is wine but not in the movie. For similarities, the giant screams nobody has blinded me
None of the characters in the text had magic powers while some do in the film. Additionally, dancing and music occurs in the text, but not the film. This music takes the place of the narrator because the viewer can see what is occuring, so it doesn’t need to be explained by the narrator. The few words that are used are for dramatic affect. Another difference is that Odysseus says his name is nobody instead of noman (the name used in the book).
After watching the Odyssey episode, I realized not every book to movie adaptation will fully satisfy readers' imaginative visuals created in their heads. The text within the book resembled a more professionally abundant setting. The movie clip portrayed a more fictional sense with dancing, music, and subtle dramatic tones. Though the book also portrays a fictional sense as well, having a cyclops to stay true to the themes of the book it still kept a timeless sophisticated mood. The book chapter where the author introduced In the film adaptation dancing and music occurred. The character Noman's name also changed to nobody giving a part of the book a new take.
The short videos and the book about the Odyssey are very different. The way I imagine them to look from the videos and books are very different. They way they describe how gross it is in the book doesn’t compare to the way it is shown in the video but it is still very gross. There isn’t any dancing and foot playing in the book but in the videos they included a little of that to make it more interesting. He also falls asleep and that's when they all try to escape and more music comes on.
Some differences I noticed was that there was a part in which Odysseus talks about magic in efforts to live. There was also music and dancing in this film. The men also escaped without going under the sheep, and another cyclops did not come to his aid which was what occurred in the book. The guest/host relationship is pretty similar and the presence of hubris is apparent in both the book and the video.
The video clip of The Odyssey is only slightly different from the text. Odysseus describes having magic in his brain in the film, but in the book, there is no mention of magic. Also, in the film, Odysseus calls himself "Nobody," but in the book, he calls himself "Noman." These tiny differences don't make a significant change in the movie, but they don't connect to the book.
There is no magic in the story version or dancing or any types of music. This could be because a visual of the happiness was needed because the movie doesn't describe thought of individuals.
The video is slightly different from the book. The flute playing adds a form of happiness that was not in the book, along with the magic. Overall it had slight differences from the book.
There are a few differences from the film to the text in book IX, including how the cyclops treats the crew. In the text, he eats the crew a lot more and there is much more planning that goes into hurting the cyclops. In the movie, the cyclops calls out in anger, but no other cyclops reply like they do in the text which makesOdysseus' deception clear in his intentions
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