The Shadow Queen Character Analysis

"Character is what you are in the dark." -Dwight Lyman Moody. I believe that this quote is saying that when everyone is looking at a character or the attention is on them it’s easy to be the heroic good guy, but it takes real strength to do the right thing when no one is looking, even if the right thing to do isn’t easy or sometimes safe. For the story and character, I’m using in this essay, I am going to have to say I disagree with the quote. In the story, “The Shadow Queen,” C.J. Redwine shows that Lorelai needs control of her emotions, patience, and careful thought to outsmart Irina.

Lorelai needs to control her emotions to overcome Irina, her biggest conflict. Lorelai finds out that Irina knows she is still alive and is hunting her. Her instinct is to run into a panic, but instead she stops to look back at the situation and find the best course of action. Then, when Irina inquires a huntsman to kill her, she panics again. After learning that the huntsman and Lorelai have grown close, Irina forces the huntsman to kill her, Lorelai becomes even more angry, knowing that Ivana is playing with her. Even when Irina is hot on her heels alongside her huntsman, Lorelai remains calm and her self-control helps her win the battle.

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Lorelai offers to heal his leg but is convinced not to by Gabe after he explains that if she heals him not only with that drain her power, but Irina will know where to find them once she does. While on the journey, Lorelai gets a glimpse of the pain Gabe is feeling she aims to stop his pain. Lorelai rushes over to heal Gabe’s’ legs even despite his many attempts to get her to stop, she completes the spell, healing him. Unfortunately, Irina finds them and both Lorelai and Gabe barely escape. Lorelai used her magic to heal someone she cared about even though she knew the consequences could be