David Staunton’s Archetypal Journey In Discovering The Truth In The Manticore

Abstract

Robertson Davies as a novelist recorded and commented on his experiences which were positive and a part of his life as he lived them.Davies’s characters like him in The Deptford Trilogy believe in themselves and do what they think is best for themselves and for the others in contact with them. The key incident in the novel which is recorded as the prologue, describes the archetypal structures which predetermine the personalities of the figures themselves, as well as how they interact. Their respective roles in the snowball episode and the way they experience and react to the incident essentially characterize what becomes later in life is traced in this research paper. The researcher intends to study the main character David Staunton from The Manticore, in the light of rediscovery and in-depth analysis of his inner self and to the other characters.