Warfare Quotes in Breaking Dawn Page 3
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #7 [Bella:] They came with pageantry, with a kind of beauty. They came in a rigid formal formation. They moved together, but it was not a march; they flowed in perfect synchronicity… (36.1-2) |
Bella describes the Volturi's advance as "beautiful" because, despite their enormous numbers, they appear as one, powerful unit. If they'd arrived as a wild horde of bloodthirsty vampires, would they have appeared more frightening or powerful?
| Quote #8 [Bella:] I heard the beating of large hearts, closer than before. I risked glances to the left and the right… to see what had stopped the Volturi advance. The wolves had joined us. (36.24) |
Obviously the appearance of the wolves compromises the Volturi's confidence, because it introduces an element of surprise in their well-rehearsed battle plan.
| Quote #9 [Bella:] And we were going to lose. Abruptly, I was furious. Beyond furious, I was murderously enraged. My hopeless despair vanished entirely… all I wanted in this moment was a chance to sink my teeth into them… I could have danced around the pyre where they roasted alive. (36.28) |
When Bella realizes that everyone she loves will die, including her, the injustice of the situation fills her with so much rage that her feeling of powerlessness morphs into a death-defying urge to fight.
