Genre
A vampire novel
Setting and Context
This story takes place at the school, St. Vladimir's Academy, which is located in Montana deep in the dark and dangerous woods.
Narrator and Point of View
The narrator of this story is a first person Rose, who relates about her life in the vampire academy and about the dangers, which lie in wait for every Moroi or Dhampir.
Tone and Mood
According to the atmosphere and intensive plot, the novel has a mystical mood. Occasionally, there is an ironic tone due to dialogues between personages.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The main protagonist is Rose, who tries to protect Lisa. The main antagonist is Victor Dashkov, who wants to take away Lisa’s power. Dhampir are also protagonists, who struggle against Strigoi, who are antagonists.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is an eternal struggle between Dhampir and Strigoi.
Climax
The climax happens when Dimitri turns into Strigoi and Rose leaves the academy in search of Dimitri.
Foreshadowing
The main foreshadowing of this novel is love relationships between Rose and Dimitri. When Rose visits fortune-teller, she predicts that Rose will lose what she values most. This foresight predicts that Rose will lose Dimitri.
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
This novel alludes some geographical places such as Montana, where the vampire academy is located, and Siberia (Russia), where Dimitri was born.
Imagery
Imagery is mostly used in nature depictions
Paradox
As readers can notice, the major paradox of this story is Strigois’ first of Morois’ annihilation. Strigois’ existence is dependent on Moroi, because they drink Morois’ blood, but unfortunately Strigoi are too stupid to understand it.
Parallelism
The parallelism is used, when Rose cannot determine to look for Dimitri. Firstly, she fears to meet him, because he turned into Strigoi, but at the same time she is firmly resolved to leave the school and look for Dimitri.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Dhampir personifies good, Strigoi personifies evil.
