Passage:
"'Off with your head,' Redd ordered, pulling the energy bolt out of the floor. 'No!' Genevieve struggled against the stems of the roses. Her people abandoned to Redd. And Alyss... just a child. Redd swung the bolt hard. Genevieve's head went one way, her body another, and her crowned rolled along the floor like a dropped coin. Redd picked up the crown and put it on her own head. 'The queen is dead. Long live the queen...me.'"
Pages:
66 to 67
Comment and Response:
(R) This passage creates strong imagery by giving details on how Queen Genevieve struggles in her last moments and by narrating to the reader what her final thoughts are right before her sister decapitates her. Strong character development is also created when it shows that Redd is so bent on revenge and power that she is willing to kill her own sister, and even worse she does so by decapitating her. Redd's character is further developed by showing she has a complete absence of emotion beside anger, hate, and greed by taking the crown and placing it on her own head and saying "The queen is dead. Long live the queen...me." This depiction alone gives the character, that is Redd, a very rich image of her and tells how she is willing to operate, by letting no one get in her way.
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