Offspring

Offspring and Suitors

In the film Everett first meets his three daughters who at first don't believe it is him as their mother told them he had been hit by a train and died. He meets his daughters before he even sees his wife Penny. This is a clear parallel to Odysseus meeting with his son Telemachus, who as well thinks his father died at war , before he meets with Penelope.

This scene from the movie also gives a nod to its Latin and Greek influences. In the dialogue between Everett and his daughters one describes Everett as not "bona fide", Latin for good faith, to which Everett replies that he is the "pater familias", aslo Latin for father of the family. 

The daughters later describe Vernon, Pennys new fiance as "Bona Fide" and the word "suitor" is mentioned twice. This alludes to the suitors in The Odyssey who Odysseus ends up killing to win his wife back. In this scene Everett attempts to fight Vernon but is badly beaten.