Genre
Fiction
Setting and Context
The action takes place in the distant past in the kingdom of Damar.
Narrator and Point of View
The action is told from the perspective of a third-person subjective point of view.
Tone and Mood
The tone and mood used here is a neutral one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is Aerin and the antagonists are the people who are unable to accept the young girl as their ruler.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in the novel is between the need to gain respect and the desire to be loved.
Climax
The story reaches its climax when the main character reaches its maturity and gains the respect of her people.
Foreshadowing
The fact that Aerin looks completely different in comparison with the rest of the characters is used here to foreshadow the instance in which it is revealed that she is not the King’s daughter.
Understatement
The narrator's claim that Aerin is someone who is not capable to achieve anything of value is an understatement because later it is described how she managed to slay a dragon by herself.
Allusions
One of the main allusion we can find here is the idea that women are useless and men are the only ones capable to rule a country in an acceptable manner.
Imagery
The image of Aerin drenched in the blood of the second dragon she killed is an important one because it shows that even though Aerin is not trusted by her people, she is a force to be reckoned with.
Paradox
One of the main paradoxes in the novel is the idea that even though Aerin proves time and time again that she is worthy of being trusted, no one wants to believe in her.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The red hair the main character has is used here as a general term to make reference to the main character’s uniqueness.
Personification
We have a personification in the sentence “the castle spoke volumes to the ones walking alone among its hallways”.
