Genre
Fantasy Novel
Setting and Context
Set in the context of supremacy wars
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is tense and the mood is horrific.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Rand al’Thor.
Major Conflict
There is a conflict when Asunawa detains Galad.
Climax
The climax comes when Rand returns from Dragonmount, which results in the blooming of trees.
Foreshadowing
The plan of killing Perrin is foreshadowed by the incidence of Seanchan's assassins in Tar Valon.
Understatement
Mat underestimates the power of Gholam when he tries to fight him to reach Elayne.
Allusions
The story alludes to ascendancy encounters.
Imagery
The description of the outlandish barrier around the camp revealed by Perrin depicts the sense of sight to readers.
Paradox
The main paradox is the endeavor of Elayne to oblige the Black Ajah prisoners to divulge their surreptitiousness which results in her injury.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
Ter’angreal is used as a metonymy for a line of attack.
Personification
N/A
