Genre
Crime Fiction
Setting and Context
Stockholm, Sweden, 2000s
Narrator and Point of View
The point of view is that of Lisbeth Salander
Tone and Mood
Threatening and filled with deception
Protagonist and Antagonist
Lisbeth is the protagonist; her father the antagonist
Major Conflict
There is conflict in the form of physical violence between Lisbeth and her father. He has shot her in the head multiple times; she has attacked him with an axe in order to defend herself.
Climax
Blomkvist discovers that the police are actually guilty of committing the crimes that Lisbeth is being accused of.
Foreshadowing
The fact that Zala is still alive foreshadows his continued plan to kill LIsbeth.
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
The two previous books in the series are alluded to throughout the novel as this book carries on directly from where the second in the trilogy left off.
Imagery
N/A
Paradox
Zala is plotting Lisbeth's death but is unaware that his own allies are planning his murder.
Parallelism
There is a parallel between the crimes committed by the police in the Section and the crimes committed by the Secret Division of Sapo.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The Section is the term used to encompass all of the Stockholm police department.
Personification
N/A
