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Dealing With Dragons Character Analysis

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In the novel Dealing With Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede, Cimorene, Kazul, Woraug, Stone Prince, and Alianora are the main characters in the book Dealing with Dragons. Cimorene decides to escape from her home because she was forced to marry a prince (Therandil) that she doesn't love. Zemenar and Antorell are the wizards but the main wizard is Zemenar, they were up to something they went to a place named blackberry bramble bushes to finish their spell but Cimorene , Alianora, and the Stone Prince threw 6 buckets to the 5 wizards and they all melted because the bucket had lemon, salt, and soap. Cimorene is justified in ignoring the expected social norms of her day because she is forced to do stuff that she doesn’t want to like marry an annoying prince that she doesn’t love. …show more content…

Her choice to become a dragon’s princess is a fitting occupation, for someone of her position, and yet her non-traditional personality. “How long does spell last?” Alianora asked. “I’m not sure, exactly,” Cimorene said. “At least an hour, but i’ll have to do some test to pin it down beyond that. I hope Kazul get back soon. I want to see if it works with the dragon fire.” “ You’re going to have Kazul breathe fire at you, just to see if the spell works?” Alianora said, horrified. “What if it doesn’t?”Then i'll talk to kazul and will try i'll go see morwen,and the three of us i'll try to figure out what to change to make the spell work for dragons fire too.Don't look at me like that. I’m not going to stand in front of Kazul and have her breathe fire at me. Some may say that Cimorene does not act like a princess by doing magic, turning to a dragon princess, and being friends with the dragons instead of being scared of

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