Red Queen

by

Victoria Aveyard

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Queen Elara Character Analysis

King Tiberias’s second wife and Maven’s mother. Queen Elara is a “whisper,” meaning that she can read and control minds. She is known for using her power to her own advantage, and it is an ill-kept secret that she is extraordinarily ambitious and may have killed Queen Coriane in order to gain a position as queen. She intrudes on Mare’s mind after Mare reveals her own abilities to generate and control electricity. Mare never trusts her because of this intrusion, and because Elara seems power-hungry and uninterested in helping Reds. Elara eventually reveals herself to be in league with Maven in a plot to overthrow her own husband.

Queen Elara Quotes in Red Queen

The Red Queen quotes below are all either spoken by Queen Elara or refer to Queen Elara. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Biological Determinism and Social Inequality Theme Icon
).
Chapter 8 Quotes

“I’d bow, but I might fall over,” I say to Queen Elara, and immediately I wish I could call back the words. She’s a Silver, I can’t talk to her that way. She could put me in the stocks, take away my rations, punish me, punish my family. No, I realize in my growing horror. She’s the queen. She could just kill me. She could kill us all.

Related Characters: Mare Barrow (speaker), Queen Elara
Page Number: 77
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 9 Quotes

Remember the person you’re supposed to be, and remember well…You are pretending to be raised Red, but you’re Silver by blood. You are now Red in the head, Silver in the heart….From now until the end of your days, you must lie. Your life depends on it, little lightning girl.

Related Characters: Queen Elara (speaker), Mare Barrow, Maven Calore, King Tiberias
Related Symbols: Blood
Page Number: 95
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 11 Quotes

After a moment of tense silence, the queen turns on her heel. “Very well.” Like any wife, she hates her husband for challenging her, and like any queen, she hates the power the king holds over her. A bad combination.

Related Characters: Mare Barrow (speaker), Queen Elara (speaker), Cal (Tiberias Calore), Maven Calore, King Tiberias, Evangeline Samos
Page Number: 110
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 26 Quotes

The king’s corpse lands with a thud, his head rolling to a stop a few feet away. Silverblood splashes across the floor in a mirrored puddle, lapping at Cal’s toes. He drops the melting sword, letting it clang against stone, before falling to his knees, his head in his hands. The crown clatters across the floor, circling through the blood, until it stops to rest at Maven’s feet, sharp points bright with liquid silver.

Related Characters: Mare Barrow (speaker), Cal (Tiberias Calore), Maven Calore, Queen Elara, King Tiberias
Related Symbols: Blood
Page Number: 341
Explanation and Analysis:
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Queen Elara Quotes in Red Queen

The Red Queen quotes below are all either spoken by Queen Elara or refer to Queen Elara. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Biological Determinism and Social Inequality Theme Icon
).
Chapter 8 Quotes

“I’d bow, but I might fall over,” I say to Queen Elara, and immediately I wish I could call back the words. She’s a Silver, I can’t talk to her that way. She could put me in the stocks, take away my rations, punish me, punish my family. No, I realize in my growing horror. She’s the queen. She could just kill me. She could kill us all.

Related Characters: Mare Barrow (speaker), Queen Elara
Page Number: 77
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 9 Quotes

Remember the person you’re supposed to be, and remember well…You are pretending to be raised Red, but you’re Silver by blood. You are now Red in the head, Silver in the heart….From now until the end of your days, you must lie. Your life depends on it, little lightning girl.

Related Characters: Queen Elara (speaker), Mare Barrow, Maven Calore, King Tiberias
Related Symbols: Blood
Page Number: 95
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 11 Quotes

After a moment of tense silence, the queen turns on her heel. “Very well.” Like any wife, she hates her husband for challenging her, and like any queen, she hates the power the king holds over her. A bad combination.

Related Characters: Mare Barrow (speaker), Queen Elara (speaker), Cal (Tiberias Calore), Maven Calore, King Tiberias, Evangeline Samos
Page Number: 110
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 26 Quotes

The king’s corpse lands with a thud, his head rolling to a stop a few feet away. Silverblood splashes across the floor in a mirrored puddle, lapping at Cal’s toes. He drops the melting sword, letting it clang against stone, before falling to his knees, his head in his hands. The crown clatters across the floor, circling through the blood, until it stops to rest at Maven’s feet, sharp points bright with liquid silver.

Related Characters: Mare Barrow (speaker), Cal (Tiberias Calore), Maven Calore, Queen Elara, King Tiberias
Related Symbols: Blood
Page Number: 341
Explanation and Analysis: