Mr. Kearney
American Hero/4
12 December 2008
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as jaunt Through the Afterlife
The afterlife, in unanimity with the sin, includes a plethora of mythological characters and symbols in the form of the river Styx, Cerberus, Charon, and Hades itself. The jaunt into the underworld is instigated with a persons death and preparation for passage into hell, as he needs to realize certain requirements. Greek mythology suggests the feral River Styx, across which the dead were ferried, as the dangerous river leading into the underworld (Webmaster). On the river souls drift along until they meet the requirements, gaining admittance from Charon and Cerberus. The river Styx literally means `hateful and expresses loathing of death and many Greek philosophers hope the water to be a form of poison (Encarta). Charon, the ferryman on the river Styx, leads souls across the river on his raft into Hades, admitting passage only to those bodies, containing a coin (Encarta). Charon alike forces those souls without the coin to float continuously on the river Styx for one hundred years. Those who had not received due entombment and were unable to pay his fee would be left to nose the earthly side of the Akheron, haunting the upper world as ghosts (Atsma).
In Greek mythology, Cerberus, or hellhound, a three-headed dog with a dragon like tail, guards the entrance to Hades, admitting souls but letting no one escape. The final attribute of the afterlife, on the side of Hades, includes the commentary of Hades itself. Hades is the land of the dead which, is a obnubilate and unhappy place, inhabited by vague forms and shadows (Encarta). The characteristics of Hades also add to the atmosphere of demise and hopelessness, which surrounds the River Styx. By including the characteristics of the afterlife throughout...
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