Genre
Adventure, Action, Romance, Fantasy
Setting and Context
In Russia (throughout most of the novel), then at school, St. Vladimir’s Academy
Narrator and Point of View
Told from the first person perspective. The narrator is Rosemarie Hathaway.
Tone and Mood
Frightening, violent, dark, humorous scenes
Protagonist and Antagonist
Rose is the main protagonist and Dimitri is the main antagonist.
Major Conflict
The conflict arises when Rose, who has travelled to kill Dimitri, begins to fight him. this is the most critical battle between the two because Rose is now once and for all determined to kill Dimitri and she succeeds in staking him.
Climax
This climax comes when Rose is about to fall off a bridge and Dimitri tried to help her up but Rose tricks him and ends up staking him, thereby killing him.
Foreshadowing
There is a foreshadowing in Dimitri's death because he always said to Rose that she will fail to kill him by "hesitating" but at the end of the novel she does not hesitate.
Understatement
Dimitri very much looks like his old self and therefore is is easy for Rose to understate him and his evil character and consider him to still be his old Damphir self.
Allusions
There are many allusions to good and evil, and this is represented by the Moroi and Strigoi. It could be an allegory for the idea of evil existing in this world, caused by the fall of Eve. The idea of Original Sin is presented by the idea that much like Eve was tempted, Moroi are tempted by the immortality that comes along with turning into a Strigoi.
Imagery
The final scene, where Rose receives her stake that she killed Dimitri with, is symbolic because it shows that there is still hope left to save Dimitri from being a Strigoi. Indeed, the stake can be used to kill but it also has the power to heal and transform Strigoi back into their original selves.
Paradox
None
Parallelism
None
Metonymy and Synecdoche
None
Personification
None
