Kötülük Çiçekleri'nde Mitolojik Görünümler

Abstract

Baudelaire, drawn by the fantastic and the mysterious, was especially interested in mythology which shows the way of the intellectual destined towards the light. Mythology is an ensemble of histories and legends concerning the gods with their form and human sentiments. Constantly divided between two postulations, one towards the Ideal, the other towards the Spleen,.the poet proves the necessity to take refuge in myths through which he finds the possibility to express his deepest obsessions: solitude, sensuality,melancholy, and he catches the moments contributing to daydream. In Baudelaire's Fleurs du Mai, we can recognize numerous allusions to mythology which present a universe both imaginary and magical. This true treasure of Western culture, the cradle of Humanism, often associated with the Golden Age, reflects the weakness of being human in the face of the destructive powers of nature, the rather friendly relations between man and gods and all aspects of life. The mythology of antiquity contains a great number of gods, semi-gods, goddesses and heros, who are all associated with one of three principal elements: The earth, the sky and the sea. All these supreme existences in the classical pantheon, due to whom the poet discovers die origin of life and the different phenomena governing die universe, create a mysterious atmosphere where all senses are aroused. In tihis heavenly world where every power is symbolized by a divinity, Baudelaire, poet of Fleurs du.Mal, condemned for "insult to public morals and good manners", is capable of finding a passage between die real and die surreal, and a charming environment which will enrich his imagination. The poet who knows how "to extract beauty from evil" and " who has moulded die mud and ho s turned it into gold", desires to reveal dirough mydiology a secret world where " everytihing is but order and beauty'.