Summary Of Charles Frazier's Use Of Greek Myth In Cold Mountain

More than twenty-five hundred years ago a renowned epic of Greek mythology was written. This work, known as The Odyssey, illustrates the journey home made by Odysseus, a Trojan war hero, who seeks his wife Penelope. Similar in plot, though written only four years ago, Cold Mountain is a romantic saga which depicts the travels of Inman, a Confederate soldier, at his attempt to reunite with his love Ada. Homer 's The Odyssey and Charles Frazier 's Cold Mountain tell of the struggles faced by the man and woman of each novel 's relationship. Although these works are written thousands of years apart, both incorporate one man 's effort, after fighting war, to return to his love while encountering several obstacles that hinder and assist his

Every culture has its own past belief on how everything was created; Gods, lands, plants, animals, creatures, and humans all have a unique story to be told throughout the ages. But it is plain to see there is some overlap between ideas on how everything was made. Take the Greek Mythology, the most popular and well known type of mythos, has connections to other cultures like Nordic and Native American. But of course, each story has their own twist or other idea to it, as well.

In many cultures there are flood myths that normally pertain to angered Gods who release their anger by flooding the world to cleanse whatever caused the anger in the first place. In the Roman culture, one of the flood myths mentioned states that Jupiter had been angered by the evil that came with humanity and had wanted to burn the Earth. However, Jupiter had feared by doing so Heaven would be set ablaze as well and thus, with Neptune's help, flooded the Earth. The hero Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha had been the only two to survive. Jupiter had recognized their religious lifestyle had let them live and retracted the flood. Deucalion and Pyrrha had then repopulated the world by throwing stones behind them. In the Murato culture, there is a myth in which a man had been fishing in a lagoon of the Pastaza river, a crocodile had swallowed the fisherman’s bait and the man killed the crocodile. The mother of crocodiles had been angered by this and had slashed the water with her tail creating a flood in the area and drowning everybody except for one man who had climbed up a palm tree. After the flood had subsided the man climbed down from the tree, cut off a piece of his flesh, planted it in the soil, and had grown a woman. He had then married the woman and begun to repopulate the world.

A hero could not be without the support from his or her loved ones. Family supports the hero in their time of need, and motivates the hero to survive. Charles Frazier’s novel Cold Mountain has differences in contrast to Homer’s epic, The Odyssey. The works differ because the main characters have different family situations to go home to. Odysseus has a loving wife and son, while Inman does not know if the girl he loves will marry him. Even though the works can be proven different, Cold Mountain and The Odyssey can be compared. The works show how the main characters use basic essentials of life to help the characters return home. The characters’ strength to return home comes from food, help from others, and motivation.

The Odyssey and Cold Mountain are both very similar. In the Odyssey, Odysseus, the protagonists, takes a journey, with many obstacles, to get home to regain his kingdom. In Cold Mountain, Inman escapes from a hospital to get home to the girl he loves, Ada. Both men take a journey to fight their way back home.

The Odyssey is an example of Greek history portrayed in literature. As in all Greek literature, the epic hero Odysseus answers a call to action, suffers through great confrontation, and returns with a better understanding of life. Greek stories such as, The Odyssey set the stage for today's modern action movies with epic heroes such as Indiana Jones, Frodo from the Lord of the Rings, and Western cowboys like Roy Rogers and The Lone Ranger.

The journeys of Inman in Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier and Odysseus by Homer in the Odyssey are strikingly similar in many ways. Both of the characters are men of war, both are trying to return home but are blocked by many obstacles, and both are very in love with something. Both of the characters encounter many conflicts on their way home which happen to be very similar. The promise of loved ones and their homeland seems to greatly motivate both of the protagonists, Inman and Odysseus.

The Odyssey, written by Homer, is a story about an epic journey that takes place during the Bronze Age. The author grabs the attention of the reader by using a variety of tones throughout the tale. By using figurative language, such as hyperboles or similes, the reader can visualize, be a part of the story, and truly understand the author's intended tone. During “The Cyclops” (Book 9), the author presents the reader with what it means to be brave by putting Odysseus in a scene where he is enters a suspicious cave in hope, the hope of some good hospitality and acceptance of rude behavior. As he enters, he is told to be cautious yet he refuses to listen.

Throughout the novels The Odyssey by Homer and the book Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier we find many similarities. Some consist of character traits while, others may consist of events that happened. Despite there being the obvious difference in the time frame they were written by their authors, we can all agree on the fact that both Homer and Frazier portray the use of some of the same ideas within both of the book's protagonists, Inman and Odysseus. Some of the things they have in common would be having for example similar themes, character traits, Inman’s and Odysseus’s ultimate destination, and how they had help along their eventful journey, as well and after the journey in Inman’s case.

The Odyssey is about a war hero, Odysseus, returning home and his obstacles. Cold Mountain is about a man , Inman, who is a confederate soldier who leaves his troop after being wounded to return home to his beloved wife, Ada. Both have many similarities such as war, returning to their women, the obstacles they face, and the character traits the men show. Although The Odyssey is based during the time of the Roman Empire and Cold Mountain during the time of the civil war, they are very much alike in the story lines. Although Odysseus and Inman are 2 different people they both go through a journey and endure many of the same things. These similarities show how Frazier, the author of Cold Mountain, used some of the same ideas as Homer, the author

The similarities between Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier, and The Odyssey, by Homer, are numerous, almost too many to count, but not quite. However, this is not surprising considering that, in my opinion, Cold Mountain is a modern day (or as modern as a civil war-era book can get) interpretation of The Odyssey. Regardless of this, the same can be said for the opposite. The differences are also numerous, and there are just as many of them as there are similarities.

To begin with, The Odyssey and Cold Mountain have many similarities. The first and main similarity is that both characters, Odysseus and Inman, share the same ultimate destination. Home. Both protagonist in the stories main destination is to ultimately get home to their loved ones back home. In The Odyssey, when Calypso offers Odysseus that she will turn him immortal if he is willing to stay with her in the island, Odysseus turns down the offer. He later explains

The people on the face of the Earth weren’t people, they were manikins. Some weren’t fully developed, no arms, no legs. So they never got anything done by their maker gave their hearts. A great flood killed a lot of the Manikins. This story was unreal obviously. It had no interesting parts. It has not make a whole lot of sense over all.

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In this paper I will look to discuss Greek myths and how they are significant to Death in Venice and how these myths are used as metaphors within the novella. Myths and legends act as a form of moral regulation within society (Morford et al. 2013). They pose an extreme situation followed by what is deemed the “wrong choice” that is followed by extreme consequences to the character’s choice. Within Mann’s Death in Venice there are several instances of Greek mythology being used as metaphors that foreshadow various aspects in the book, such as Aschenbach’s impending death. The novella also makes comparisons between prominent Greek Gods and Myths, the Greek ideal to characters and situations in the novella.