Red Queen Literary Analysis

The Importance Of Literary Elements Used In Red Queen In the novel Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard, shows how the author has the ability to write more to the story, to add more emotions, and expressions in such a way that the audience can capture these moments and predict what happens next. This can show in the author’s writing by using these literary devices written throughout the story: historical context, indirect and direct characterization, and mood. When using these literary devices in the novel, it provides how the audience sees the characters, to picture a division of the protagonists and the antagonists in the story, and how the readers feel. The speaker’s intention for using historical context is by comparing how the book uses the

For example, “The Southern legislatures, former confederates, passed laws known as the black codes, after the war, which severely limited the rights of blacks and segregated them from whites”. Before, white people thought they should have had more power than black people because of their skin color, who introduced them into slavery and did not let them go into certain places. As opposed from segregation, the author from the chosen novel Red Queen states that, “We don’t get seats here, just long concrete benches, but the few Silver nobles up above enjoy cool, comfortable boxes.” (Page 5). By this, the author shows the injustice that was created between the Silvers and Reds, where the Silvers were rich and had more power, and the Reds not being able to obtain the same things as them. The message the author is trying to portray is that by every circumstance, every human being is the same no matter what race they are, where they are from, their culture, and their way of life. People should not be judged by their

This can be shown within the character Evangeline, the Queen’s actions towards Mare the protagonist, as written in the text, “Her fingers dig into me, down to the flesh.” (Page 102). This shows signs of violence and hatred towards Mare in the story. Another example that points out the actions of Maven is provided in the text, “As nice as he is, my instinct tells me not to turn my back on Elara’s son, that he’s hiding something.” (Page 135). This lets the audience know that someone like the Queen’s son is no one to mess with, for she can mess with anyone’s mind, or even kill for blood. The message the author portrays towards indirect characterization is that you can’t always assume what a character is like by their appearance, because there is something more to that person on the inside, not on the outside, where people judge first before getting to know that person