The constituent units of the myth of Icarus will be integrated into the story of Mandras to present the continuance of the myth in a postmodern novel. In addition to that, the Icarus complex will be examined with respect to the behaviours and psychology of Mandras. The present paper aims to analyse the character Mandras within the framework of the Icarus myth, the similarities between Icarus and Mandras will be studied in relation to the water/the sea, fire/ the sun, rise and fall imagery. There are common concepts both in the myth of Icarus and the story of the character Mandras in Captain Corelli's Mandolin, some of them are transcending corporeality, craving for immortality, desire to rise, over-ambitious and inexperienced behaviours, the relation between father and son, inability to use power, and the expected fall after the rise. Keywords: Icarus, the Candle and the Moth, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,culture This study aims to compare and contrast different meanings of the images in the myth of Icarus, The Candle and the Moth and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, offering an insight into different cultural values. On the other hand, these images function indifferent ways, as each text reflects different cultural codes. In thisrespect, the myth of Icarus, James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and The Candle and the Moth have shared images. Likewise, in The Candle and the Moth (Şem’ü Pervane), which is one of theproducts of Eastern literature and is written by Feridüddin Attar as well, the candle andthe butterfly motif provides an insight into the image of light and darkness. Thesimilar mythical elements are also embedded in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as aYoung Man in which Dedalus’s spiritual enlightenment or elevation is followed bydeflation. As these images have anontological root, they appear in different cultures’ literature even in different times. In the story, the hero desires to escape the darkness of the labyrinthhe is confined in and to reach the sun with his wings. The myth of Icarus is one of them, shedding light on the images of flight and fall,light and darkness. The mythical narratives which represent collective consciousness harbour variousimages. The area of the sea where he fell took the name Icarian Sea after him, while a nearby island was named Icaria. His wings dissolved and he fell into the sea and drowned. However, Icarus soon forgot his father's warnings, and started flying higher and higher, until the wax started melting under the scorching sun. Together, they flew out of the tower towards freedom. He taught Icarus how to fly and warned him not to fly too high, which would cause the wax to melt, nor too low, which would cause the feathers to get wet with sea water. Daedalus managed to create two sets of wings for himself and his son, that were made of feathers glued together with wax. In order for the secret of the Labyrinth to be kept, Minos had then imprisoned Daedalus and Icarus in a tower above his palace. His father was the creator of the Labyrinth, a huge maze located under the court of King Minos of Crete, where the Minotaur, a half-man half-bull creature lived. Icarus was the son of the famous craftsman Daedalus in Greek mythology.
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