Zakiya Meritt
ENG 102
Professor Smith
Research Assignment: Stardust
The
movie “Stardust” matters to everyone because there are all types of archetypes,
and these archetypes can be found in someone you know personality. The movie is
relate able not so much of the magical part but the different types of
archetypes you see in the characters. An
archetype is an original pattern which all things of the same kind are copied.
It can be a model or first form; a prototype.
The
movie takes place in a village called Wall one of the main characters is a
young name Tristan who has the archetype of a lover and an innocent. He’s a
lover because he loves the whole of idea of being in love that’s why he’s so
blinded by what he thought was love but finds out it’s not true love. Tristan
is a lover because he was willing for do anything for Victoria. He even snuck
her out her house at night for a Picnic which is romantic but it didn't seem to
impress Victoria. Tristan falls under the archetype of a lover cause he likes the
idea of love and it seem to me that he doesn’t want to be without love. Which
is a fear of a lover and it shows in the film he felt that way. When he realize
Yvaine was going to the wall he try to get their as soon as possible because he
didn’t want to lose Yvaine the girl he loved.
Tristan doesn’t just fall under one archetypes
he actually has the personality of three, his attitude about everything changes
from innocent to warrior but he always remain to be a Lover but just a better
understanding of what love is. Tristan is also considered to be an innocent
because he’s optimistic and naïve to the situation he’s in. He believes by
giving Victoria the girl who he loved everything she wants will make her love
him when in reality it doesn’t seem to care much for him. A part of being an
innocent archetype is denial and Tristan was obviously in denial about being in
love with Victoria. Being in denial is not letting you know what’s going on,
when Tristan fell in front of Victoria and Humphrey he was embarrassed while
Victoria laughed .Tristan was hurt but ignored the fact that he was.
Victoria is entertained by the idea that Tristan and
Humphrey who is wealthy guy from the same town is fighting for her affection.
Victoria seems to be concern with just her and her wants. She would fit the
archetype of a seeker because they are self-obsessed and lack of consideration
for others. Victoria was basing her decision on who she should marry by whether
Tristan or Humphrey can offer her. A seeker problem is they are not willing to
commit, Victoria was supposed to be dating Humphrey but she was willing to risk
that and possibly pick Tristan.
Tristan
uses his Babylon candle to take him were the fallen star was which it did. But
Tristan wasn't the only one searching for the star three evil sister witches
who wants the star to use it to make them self-younger. The oldest witch Lamia
was on the hunt for the star alone, even though she had to share the star she
secretly wanted it for just herself. Lamia archetype is a destroyer; she's
willing to harm other people to get what she wants. A destroyer is someone who
is a self-destructive behavior one of them is addictions. Lamia addiction is
the continuation of wanting look young and she would do anything to get it.
Lamia is also considered a seeker because when her sisters were killed she was
glad to not have to share the star with them. Her only concern is for herself
not her sisters and she's evil and Lamia archetype of a seeker is an active
person on a quest to satisfy an inner hunger.
After
finding the star who name was Yvaine who wasn't very fond of Tristan at first
but Tristan saved her from the witch when she was being tricked to stay with
her at a fake hotel. Yvaine has the archetype of the magician because she had these
powers and the ability to change which she did. An archetype of a magician has
a downfall of a disconnection with reality which is interesting because Yvaine
had that same problem. She’s a star who overlooks the world but she didn’t
truly understand what it was like to be on earth, interact with humans, and
know what love is. The disconnection was by her being a star in the sky she
didn’t understand humans she just talk about what she saw from being a star.
Also
she's innocent because she doesn't know everything about how the world works
she's finding out for herself. She saw how the world is but haven't experience
it for herself especially the word love and its meaning. One of the
characteristic of being an innocent archetype is their tend to be naïve and
being naïve deals with lack of experience.
After escaping the witch at the
fake hotel they use the Babylon candle to get away they both thought of home
which left them in the clouds between earth and the stars. They were found by a
flying ship with a captain name Captain Shakespeare who at first seem very mean
and manly but behind closed doors he was perky and love trying on dresses.
After finding these things out about the captain Yvaine and Tristan felt
comfortable the captain gave them clothes. He taught Tristan how to sword fight
and Yvaine how to dance he cared for them and gave them advice until they got
back to land closer to the village of Wall. A caregiver is someone who invest
all their time into the people they are helping it overshadows their own life.
In the film the captain helps Tristan and Yvain but he kind of uses them as a
distraction to his team on his ship so they wouldn’t figure out he was girly.
Captain Shakespeare is the archetype of a sage
he has a lot of knowledge which helps both Yvaine and Tristan. Also he tells
Tristan he think he’s in love with Yvaine , a sage are wise and usually know
what’s best the captain uses he’s judgment from observation of being around
them. When the boat finally landed on ground the captain told Tristan the love
is sitting right in front of his eyes and he told him to think about.
Tristan
realizes he's not in love with Victoria. He was in love with Yvaine and she
felt the way same way. Tristan grew to become an archetype of a warrior
something he figure out through he's experiences. Although he didn't kill
anyone he was brave enough to conquer all the situations that came his way. Being
a warrior is fighting for what matters which Tristan prove when he fought the
witch Lamia and her evil witch sisters.
Yvaine
becomes a Lover because she’s in love and now understands what real love is now
that she met Tristan. Also a Lover is someone to scare to lose love and Yvaine
show’s she was scared to lose Tristan when she realize he left her for Victoria
she went after him which showed she was afraid to lose him. Towards the ending of the movie Tristan
reunited with his mom whom he never met he also defeats the wish Lamia and
sisters with the help of Yvaine she uses her light to kill Lamia and Tristan is
announce king and of course Yvaine as his queen.
The
whole concept of archetypes can help define what kind of person you are and
help you have of better understanding of you. I think the relation between
archetype and literature is in most fairy tales or just characters in a book or
movie you can find archetype someone you can relate to. Or someone you admire you like, when you
know who you are it shapes your writing and what you like and don’t like. Are
you the innocent? Optimistic about everything not knowing certain things about
life or are you the sage? Wise and knowing the truth satisfies you. Also
archetypes allow you to see the pros and cons of being an archetype, knowing
this can truly help you identify if you fit the characteristics of that
archetype good and bad.
Work Cited
Stardust.
Dir.Vaughn Matthew.Paramout Pictures ,2007.Film.
Pearson,
Carol, and Hugh K. Marr. What Story Are You Living? Gainesville FL: Center
for
Applications of Psychological Type, 2007.
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