Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
A Tale of Wall and
Faerie
Stardust
takes place in two worlds: the mundane world, as seen in the
English village of Wall, and the supernatural world, which lies beyond the wall
dividing the two r...
Narrator Point of View
In Stardust we
spend a lot of time flitting around in various people's perspectives, and with
the constant use of she,
he, it, him, and her to refer to our
narrators, rather than I,
me, or you, w...
Genre
Fantasy; Quest; Fairy
Tale
Let's run down the list:
Fantasy: Characters in Stardust
include sentient trees, people transformed into animals and then back to
human again, witches,...
What's Up With the Title?
Why is the book called Stardust
and not just Tristran Goes
After A Fallen Star or something along those lines? Well, for
one thing, it would sound way less magical. And since things get pretty magi...
What's Up With the Epigraph?
Song
Go, and catch a falling star,
Get with
child a mandrake root,
Tell me, where all past years are,
...
What's Up With the Ending?
Let's look at the last paragraph of Stardust, before getting into the epilogue:
He looked
upon the lights of Wall for what he knew (it came to him then with certainty)
was the last time. He star...
Tough-o-Meter
Listen up, kids, Stardust
might be written in the style of a fairytale, but that doesn't mean it's going
to take you by the hand and guide you through the woods, er, plot. While it's pretty
eas...