How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Tend to the guests. They will be arriving soon. And—" The King's brow furrowed. "Take care that your sisters remain in their room. I've made them promise to stay inside, but—it is them." (1.69)
The King knows his daughters too well. They sure don't like being confined, especially not on Yuletide, when it's a tradition for the girls to try to get a peek at the marvelous ball that they won't be allowed to attend until they're fifteen. It stinks to have your freedom limited by your age, but so it goes.
Quote #2
The palace, known for its tall, mullioned windows that dappled light through the halls, would be muffled with drapery, turning day into pitch-black. They would be kept inside, trapped in a cage like those peeping birds at the wire-and-bottle shop on Hampton Street, and only allowed out on Royal Business… which would not be often. (4.31)
Azalea dreads mourning because the girls will feel trapped, like birds in a cage—and a dark cage at that, since all the windows must be draped. Add in the fact that no dancing is allowed, and mourning is starting to sound pretty awful.
Quote #3
The gentleman finished, smiling sadly. Azalea grasped her teacup in her hand, feeling the porcelain beneath her fingers. Trapped… the gentleman had been confined to the palace—just like them. (8.25)
Keeper weaves the girls a sad story about being trapped in the palace just like they are, thanks to mourning (well, his situation is due to a magical oath, but hey, close enough). Of course we learn later that this is a lie, and Keeper essentially chose to trap himself there, undead until he can get his revenge by killing the Captain General. But for now, Keeper is smooth enough to provide the girls with a reason to empathize with him, so maybe, just maybe, they'll help him escape.
Quote #4
"The High King did a lot of awful things…He trapped people in mirrors. They died there."
"That's—not—as bad as—capturing souls I should—should think," said Clover, stuttering more than usual." (14.60-61)
Pop quiz: Which is worse—trapping people in mirrors where they die, or trapping their souls once they're dead and keeping those around forever? Hmm… tough call. The girls seem scared by both though, and unfortunately, they're going to run into both types of confinement before the story's over.
Quote #5
"Miss Azalea, there is an object in your palace that has been magicked so strongly, it keeps me weak. Confined." (14.111)
Keeper knows that there's something keeping him trapped in the magic passage, he's just not sure what—or maybe that's just what he's telling Azalea. We're not sure. By the end of the book, he has her tangled in so many lies and manipulations that it's almost as though she's the one confined.
Quote #6
Azalea touched her stomach, thinking of the terrible sick feeling that overwhelmed her every time she thought of her future gentleman. Now, she realized, Clover and Bramble had it too. They looked miserable. (15.54)
Because of her royal status, Azalea could get trapped into a loveless marriage that looks really good on paper or accomplishes something important politically. This knowledge makes her sick to her stomach. We can't really blame her for that.
Quote #7
"I am doing it," he said, "because it is clear to me you have one of the palace's magic passages in your room […] And if you expect me to stand idly by," said Fairweller, "and let you become trapped or worse with magic—"
"Trapped?" said Clover. (16.107-110)
Fairweller knows what's up. He's figured out that the girls are sneaking off somewhere using a magic passage, and he makes explicit what they haven't really thought about yet: that they could be trapped, or worse. Clover's question at the end of this quote shows us that the girls hadn't really thought that far ahead, to the consequences of what they're doing. And, as we see when Keeper breaks loose, being trapped is actually one of the less-bad things that could happen to them as a result.
Quote #8
"I just don't like the idea of him toddling about outside the pavilion."
"Exactly," said Eve, bundled up so only her pink cheeks and spectacles showed. "If we did set him free, what would Keeper do? He can't have any lands or manor anymore." (18.10-11)
There's a thought: why does Keeper want to be free? What's in it for him? Obviously being confined to one place isn't any fun, but the girls are right to wonder why he's so keen on getting his freedom, and, more importantly, what he'll do with it once he gets it. Too bad taking revenge by killing the royal family as painfully as possible never crossed their minds as a possible reason for him wanting his freedom.
Quote #9
"Regiment practice. It is an old tradition, from the revolution. They say the rebellion—the cavalry—burst through the windows, thorns, and vines, and scooped up the prisoners from the magicked palace. Romanticized, of course." (18.41)
Freeing prisoners from a magic palace is not as easy as it looks, apparently, and it takes a certain skillset, not to mention bravery. We have to wonder just how many prisoners the High King D'Eathe took during his reign, if it took a bunch of cavalry to free them. Not a nice thought.
Quote #10
"I'm here on Royal Business. For the riddle! Unless, of course, you mean in the broom closet, which I'm in because […[ someone locked me in."
"That would be Bramble," said Azalea. "Usually she locks them in the gallery. She must really not like you." (19.24-25)
Poor Lord Teddie, locked in the broom closet—and worse yet, he was locked in by Bramble, the sister he's starting to develop a crush on. Confinement takes a lot of forms in Entwined, from the kind that can kill you to the mild kind that happens as a prank. It's good to keep in mind though, that confinement is rarely self-imposed in this book, and that freedom often requires working together.