The Crystal Cave | Style

The Crystal Cave Style

Point of View

Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave is told in both first person and third person point of view. It is the life of Merlin from when he was a child until King Arthur was conceived. It is a masterful process of mixing the character Merlin's personal first hand memories with his great story telling abilities.

It is a first hand account, which Merlin delivers with the impact of having been there. The author does a good job with this. In some places in the stories, where Merlin wasn't there he uses the third person point of view. A good example of the third person point of view is in Book Four, Chapter One, The Red Dragon. In Chapter One Merlin tells of Ambrosius's exploits as from a story.

Merlin seems to use the third person perspective when there is a lot of history. The first person view has more action and...
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