As they are about to be hung, the flood comes and saves them. Everett returns to his wife only to discover that the ring he found is not the right one. The screen turns black and white as the blind prophet sings the song Everett's daughter was singing. Many of the characters in O Brother, Where Art Thou? they are similar to the characters in the Odyssey. Everett's wife is like Penelope. Both husbands were away and both had suitors. The difference, however, is that Everett's wife was voluntarily engaged to a suitor, while Penelope never stopped believing that her husband was dead. She told Odysseus, "The stratagems served my [Penelope's] turn to run out the time." Stratagems are tricks. This means that Penelope has deceived 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 Ulysses would return; Everett's wife told everyone it was