There is nothing more powerful than love and in Erin Morgenstern’s fantasy novel, The Night Circus, this theme is exemplified. Love can overcome even the most powerful obstacles and barriers. Love has no boundaries, love will prevail all else, and love will save all. Morgenstern encompasses this by building powerful relationships between the characters to demonstrate mysteriousness and sacrifice. Celia sacrifices the match for love, for Marco. She gave up her relationship with her father to form a relationship with her opponent, Marco. Due to Celia’s sacrifice, the Circus of Dreams begins dying, but with the strong love between Marco and Celia, the circus comes alive. “As he kisses her, the bonfire glows brighter. The entire circus sparkles, dazzling every patron,” with every kiss or display of affection, the Circus of Dreams becomes more alive and mysterious. Marco was ready to sacrifice himself for Celia. “I couldn’t let you do it,” nevertheless, Celia prevents Marco from sacrificing himself, due to her undying love for him. Unknowingly, Celia prevents Marco from sacrificing himself, showing she was ready to sacrifice her own life for the love of the two. Without love, the circus would not have survived, nor would Celia have survived, since she would be stuck playing the game till her …show more content…
Alexander was a mystery in the story and will remain a mystery. There is a bond that is created between Alexander and Prospero. They have been competing against each other for decades, and throughout that process have formed a bond. They may not be friends or even like each other, however, they have created a relationship among the years. Nevertheless, they both lose the game and their competitors. Alexander had to sacrifice the game because of Marco, he lost the only thing he cared for, the match. Alexander devoted years to training Marco to only have him rebel and refuse to