Just as they are about to be hanged, a flood comes and saves them. Everett returns to his wife and discovers that the ring he found is not the right one. The screen fades to black and white as the blind prophet sings the song that Everett's daughter sang. Many characters from O Brother, Where Art Thou? resemble the characters from the Odyssey. Everett's wife is like Penelope. Both of their husbands were absent and both had suitors. The difference however is that Everett's wife was willingly engaged to a suitor, whereas Penelope never stopped believing that her husband was dead. She told Odysseus: “Ruses served my [Penelope] trick to prolong the dead time. » Tricks are tricks. This means that Penelope tricked the suitors into waiting for her hand in marriage. Everett's wife wanted nothing to do with him. She told him, “The best thing you ever did for them was get hit by that train.” » This is the main difference between Everett's wife and Penelope. Penelope never stopped believing that Odysseus would return; Everett's wife told everyone that he