Never Elsewhere Neil Gaiman Analysis

In the book Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman uses the characters living in London Below to illustrate the many different parts of modern London above. One of the characters Gaiman creates for Neverwhere is named The Marquis de Carabas, who was the guide for Richard in London below. There are many similarities between The Marquis da Carabas and London Above including their abilities to come back to life. In the novel The Marquis has a brutal death and is thrown in the sewer left to rot. Similarly to the Marquis’s death London has expiernanced many times when it has been destroyed to death and needing to come back to life. The London fire in 1666 and the blitzkriegs in World War II are both examples of times London was totally destroyed. “Richard stared

“Like the great city, too, the thoroughfares of the Underground have their own particular associations and connections. The Northern line is intense and somehow desperate: The Central Line is energetic, while the Circle is adventurous and breezy. The Bakerloo Line, however is flat and despairing. The gloom of Lancaster Gate sits between the bustle of Bond Street and the brightness of Notting Hill Gate. Where disasters have occurred, suck as Moorgate and Bethnal Green, the air is still desolate. But there are stations like Baker Street and Gloucester Road, which lift the spirit.” This quote from __________ shows the life under London in the subway lines have their own personalities based on when they were built and where they were built. One place Richard visits in the novel is Earl’s court. Earls court in on the District Line, which is known by London citizens as to be avoided due to its creepiness (MARSHALL). At the Earl’s court The Marquis gets yelled at by the leader of the Earl’s court, Earl who makes The Marquis leave. “There was still wreckage of that man in there somewhere. That was what made him so terrible, and so sad.” (Gaiman 172-173). While The Earl is respected in London Below it is still observed by Richard that he is very sad. Neil Gaiman uses the historic context of these lines to create stories in the novel, which