Throughout English history, authors are inspired by many different ideas, which include art, quotes, or even other books. These ideas allow authors to bring their ideas and creations to life in the settings and plots in their books. Sometimes even saints say inspiring quotes that an author grasps ahold of and brings forth a new world in their novel. An example quote from St. Francis of Assisi is “All darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” In the novel Stardust, written by Neil Gaiman, St. Francis’s quote is portrayed through many situations and events. In fact, one of the characters in the novel named Tristran Thorn is dealing with the struggle to keep a candle lit. Even though St. Francis quotes “All darkness …show more content…
in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle”, the darkness may not even be physically dark at all. In Stardust, written by Neil Gaiman, Tristran Thorn deals with the darkness trying to extinguish the light of his candle, which truly is not darkness.
As quoted by St. Francis of Assisi, “All darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle”, Tristran Thorn struggles with the idea of keeping a candle lit. To Tristran, the darkness may not be physically darkness at all, but emotional darkness. Tristran is struggling with the concept of love and how love should truly feels. Tristran’s village, Wall, contains many beautiful women, but only one stands out, Victoria Forester. One night, Tristran and Victoria spot a falling star in the sky, which then creates a situation for Tristran to overcome. Victoria then promises Tristran that if he embarks on the journey to bring back the falling star, then Victoria would marry him. Darkness then takes over Tristran. This darkness is unusual because it is not darkness at all. This darkness is love. Immediately Tristran embarks on his journey to bring back the fallen star. Meanwhile on the journey, he comes across a little hairy man. Tristran and the little hairy man become companions and the little hairy man gives him a candle for the rest of the journey. The candle is going to help Tristran find his way to the fallen star. Tristran then asks the little hairy man if he
would know how far away the star is. Then a thought came to his head and he recited, “How Many Miles to Babylon. Three score miles and ten, can I get there by candlelight? Yes, and back again. Yes, if your feet are nimble and light, you can get there by candlelight” (Gaiman 80). As time passes, the candle is starting to die down and reach the end of its life. As he comes upon the star, the candle dies and the flame is gone forever. The star he stumbles upon is not a physical star, but is a beautiful woman. The star’s name is Yvaine and he despises Tristran when they first meet, but overtime is starting to grow feelings for Tristran. Also, Tristran is growing feelings for Yvaine, but does not realize it. As the journey comes to end and Yvaine and Tristran reach the village of Wall, he sees Victoria. Victoria Forester will soon become Victoria Monday, not Victoria Thorn. Tristran realizes that Victoria will not be marrying him and the darkness takes over, but this darkness does not take everything from him. He still has a spark for Yvaine, the star he found. The flame is growing for Yvaine and Tristran is falling in love with her more and more each day. So, St. Francis of Assisi is right. The quote “All darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle”, is true in Tristran’s situation due to his new love. Just because some situations might not end well, does not mean that another good situation will not form. In Tristran’s case, he loses Victoria Forester to darkness, but wins Yvaine with a spark, which is growing into a flame. As seen throughout the novel, there are many situations that Tristran Thorn is overcoming due to the darkness. Tristran embarks on a journey because of Victoria Forester and his lover for her. As a result of the journey, his flame for Victoria dies and a spark forms for Yvaine, the star he finds. This spark is growing into a flame and proves the point St. Francis of Assisi was trying to say in this quote, “All darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” This quote is an idea that Neil Gaiman has used writing Stardust. Many different ideas could have inspired Neil Gaiman to write this book, for example any quotes, movies, art forms, or even people could have been an inspiration. Authors have the talent of expressing their ideas, but some of these ideas can come from other people. Not all people are given the gift of writing books and papers as easily as some artists do, but these art forms have been inspired throughout history.
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