Character Relationships in Ravenous

Boyd (played by Guy Pearce) is a protagonist in Ravenous. US Army officer promoted to captain, exiled to Fort Spencer for perceived cowardice. Leads a rescue party, survives a cave attack by consuming a comrade's flesh to heal his leg. Struggles with sudden cannibalistic cravings, eventually forced to eat human stew to survive. Ultimately kills the antagonist Ives in a bear trap and dies refusing to feed on him. Ives / Colqhoun (played by Robert Carlyle) is a protagonist in Ravenous. A stranger who arrives at the fort, secretly a murderer who consumed his own wagon train companions to survive. Poses as Colonel Ives after slaughtering the rescue party. Cured his tuberculosis by eating a scout and plans to turn the fort into a cannibalism base. Forces Boyd to consume human flesh, but is ultimately killed by Boyd and expires in a bear trap. Cleaves (played by David Arquette) appears in Ravenous. A private in the garrison whose mysterious death leads to Boyd being wrongfully suspected of murder and incarcerated. George (played by Joseph Runningfox) appears in Ravenous. Hart (played by Jeffrey Jones) appears in Ravenous. The commanding colonel of Fort Spencer, presumed dead but actually alive. Saved by Ives through cannibalism and now addicted to human flesh. Kills Major Knox before begging Boyd to end his life as he regrets his crimes. Knox (played by Stephen Spinella) appears in Ravenous. A major at the fort who is murdered by the resurrected Colonel Hart. General Slauson (played by John Spencer) appears in Ravenous. Boyd's superior officer who exiles him to Fort Spencer as punishment. Arrives at the fort at the end of the story and tastes the leftover human stew. Martha (played by Sheila Tousey) appears in Ravenous. The sister of the fort's Indian scout, George. She discovers the corpses of Boyd and Ives at the end and quietly leaves the scene.

Character Relationship Map: Ravenous

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Characters

Canonical Relationships

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Story Dynamics

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Story Analysis

A traumatized officer confronts an insatiable cannibalistic hunger and chooses death rather than surrendering completely to it.

Plot Progression

  1. Blood on the Promotion
  2. The Stranger in the Snow
  3. The Cave Reveals Its Secret
  4. The Fort Turns Within
  5. A Hunger Without End

Directed by Antonia Bird

Ravenous (1999) · 6.8/10 · adventure, comedy, horror, western, drama

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