Archetype in "Stardust"
The
film “Stardust” directed
by Matthew Vaughn
was a romantic
fantasy from Paramount
Pictures. Throughout the film
we witness the
transformation of the
main character Tristan Thorn. During
that transformation we see expressing’s
of many archetypes.
One archetype that
stands out to me the most is
warrior. According to
the text “What
story are you
living?” by Carol S.
Pearson and Hugh
k. Marr a warrior
is someone who
learns to compete,
set goals, and
when necessary defends
their self. To me
Thorn was showing
these characteristics all along.
This archetype was
active during the beginning
of
the film when
thorn set the
goal of finding
a star and
bringing it back
to Victoria to
win over her heart.
Even though Thorn
Knew that this wouldn’t
be
an easy journey he is determine
to accomplish his
goal. This archetype
is also active
when Thorn meets Captain Shakespeare
who teaches him to fence
fight. At this
time thorn is learning
to compete which is
also one of
the characteristics of
a warrior. Again
we see characteristics of
a warrior when
Thorn gets into
a sword fight
with the
evil witch Lamia.
At this time
we see the negative
form
of this archetype,
well it depends
on how we
look at it.
It can be
portrayed as negative because
the sward fighting is violence which
is negative but
it can also
be positive because
Thorn is only
acting in such
a negative manner
to save Yvaine. In
conclusion, out of
the twelve archetypes
I choose warrior
because Thorn was
a warrior all along even
if he didn’t know
it. In the
film there is many incidents
where we see
the warrior archetype
active.
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