Interpreting the Sirens: Comparing Odyssey's Versions

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The song of the sirens is a fatal song, but one man out of all the men in existence heard it and lived to tell the story. Odyssey’s story is told in many versions, a poem by Margaret Atwood, and a video called O Brother Where Art Thou? They can all be compared and contrasted based on what they emphasize, what is absent in each, and what is different in each. The painting by John Waterhouse is depicted differently than in homer’s odyssey. In the painting, viewers see the sirens flying around the ship, although in homer’s text they are sitting on the bank. Singing and waiting for their next victims, the sirens are birds with women's heads. Another difference between the two is the water in the painting in waving, as you can see the white capping,

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