Genre
Fantasy
Setting and Context
The school for good and evil, mythical realm and time
Narrator and Point of View
Third person following Agatha and Sophie
Tone and Mood
The tone is often tense due to the relationship between the characters, yet otherwise bright and magical.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Sophie and Agatha are the Protagonists, the school master is the antagonist
Major Conflict
The two characters feel they have been sent to the wrong school
Climax
Sophie is killed saving Agatha, Agatha is able to bring her back to life with a kiss.
Foreshadowing
Sophie's selfish attitude vs Agatha's kind ways foreshadow that they will not be sent to the schools that people expect of them.
Understatement
The fairy tale nature of the story in a modern context, usually expected to be happy and heroic, understates the vicious nature of many of the characters.
Allusions
Many classic fairy tales and myths are alluded to, for example, Tedro is the son of King Arthur.
Imagery
Much of the imagery follows the magical surroundings, ideas of beauty and uglieness reflecting good and evil.
Paradox
The students of the school of good believe they are inherently good and cannot do evil, yet the way they act around and treat the children of the school of evil prove that they are just as spiteful and often cruel as their evil school counterparts.
Parallelism
The story often makes use of physical appearances as representative of personality, the magic used by the school changes outside looks to parallel the inside.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/a
Personification
N/a
