The Color of Magic Literary Elements

Science Fiction / Fantasy

Discworld, beginning in the city of Ankh-Morpork and inding on the Island of Krull

The point of view is that of the two protagonists, Rincewind and Twoflower.

Adventurous, threatening, dangerous, foreboding.

The protagonists are Rincewind and Twoflower. The antagonist is the God of Fate.

There is conflict between the two protagonists and the Dragon Lady that leads them to the edge of Discworld.

Rincewind is about to be killed by a messenger sent by Death and realizes the tree bough he is sitting on is going to break and plummet him over the edge of the world.

The cloaked figure of death above him foreshadows Rincewind's impending demise.

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The novel makes references and alludes to locations and political systems mentioned in Pratchett's other "Discworld" novels.

The imagery is fantastical and the author describes many of the creatures that the two men meet in such vivid narrative that it is possible for the reader not only to picture them visually but to get a sense of what they sound like as well. An example of this is the giant turtle whose size is so large that he needs four large elephants to support him. This is a far more vivid way of describing the turtle than merely giving dimensions.

When Rincewind realizes that the cloaked figure is not actually Death he is momentarily relieved but he realizes quickly that the figure was sent by Death in order to kill him, as an emissary.

There is a parallel between Twoflower's naivete and lack of worldliness and the degree of danger that he is constantly put in.

The Gods of Discworld is the phrase used to describe the gods as a group rather than describing all of them by individual name.

Strictly speaking there is no personification; the characters and creatures in the narrative are given powers of thought and intention, but as they are entirely fictional characters it is impossible for the reader to judge whether this is personification or not.