Stardust: A Creative Postmodern Fairytale

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Stardust is a creative postmodern fairytale which has essence of a fairytale and 18th-century Victorian era. The author mentions Queen Victoria and Charles Dickens from which we can make out the period. The author Neil Gaiman introduce us a tiny village ‘Wall’ in England. The hero Tristran Thorn is the son of Dunstan Thorn a human and Lady Una, who is a magical princess from fairyland Stromhold. The wall with a crack divide England when human lives from magical fairy land where goblin, flying ship, talking animal and tree, evil witches with magical powers can be found. The wall was always guarded by an old man who helps him in his quest. The narrow space in the wall is a portal to a magical realm.
It is a quest for the fallen star Yvaine who turn into a damsel with infinite powers. Tristran infatuated with the town beauty Victoria promises her a part of the fallen star in return for her affection. In the fairyland of Stormhold, the dying king need to determine his successor. As his sons cannot resolve who will be the king, he hurls his royal topaz in the sky with the prophesy that whoever retrieved it will be the next king. The majestic pendant …show more content…

He undertake journey, perform task, rescue Yvaine, and eventually becomes the king. The ‘Color’ archetype also can be found in the novel. The changing of the color of the gemstone identify the next king, when Yvaine is happy she shines like a star, the witches wear black clothes identifying their dark evil character. The snowdrop glass flower mean love. The story has another very strong archetypes ‘woman the hero’s quest starts with Victoria demanding the broken star. Yvaine is Tristran soul mate who turns into a woman after descending from the sky. Lady Una, who is Tristran mother protect her son and is regal even when she was a slave, and the evil witches signify the various kind of woman archetypes in the plot. Every fold of the plot is initiated by a woman

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