How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Before Mickle could go on, the chief minister burst out, "What is this monstrous trickery? Majesty, they have deceived me with their promises. They are frauds—"
"Be silent." cried Augustine. "The spirit of my child at last speaks to me. She tells me truly how she came to her death." (25.8-9)
Several different power dynamics are at work here. Mickle is tugging on her parents' heartstrings by recounting how she "died," and in the same breath, she accuses Cabbarus of attempted murder—which undermines his influence with the king, and helps revitalize the rightful monarch and bring him back to power. You go, girl.