Inside the Coen Brothers’ Cinematic Universe: How Authority Figures Shape Their Darkest Stories
That sets everything into motion eventually leading Tom to several key tests, precipitated by both of these authority figures in his life.
Authority Figures and Internal Conflict
Each of these movies demonstrates how an authority figure can generate conflict in the External World: their actions creating situations which put the Protagonist under considerable pressure. But there is in each story a related internal conflict.
· In O Brother, Where Art Thou, Cooley is an ever-present reminder of Everett’s checkered past, that he has not proven to be “bona fide” to Penny, that he is a criminal. The fact he has not changed is made clear when he makes his desperate plea to Penny saying, “I got big plans… I’m gonna be a dentist! I know a guy who’ll print me up a license!”
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