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TIGANA

Chapter 1

· A man is talking to some people at a bar proclaiming what will soon happen in the future and making bets on what is to happen
· The death of the exiled Duke of Astibar becomes known and a heated conversation about an invader who has taken control of their province, Alberico of Barbadior, breaks out.
· Brandin of Ygrath is also introduced as the other invader of the Palm, the country where the story takes place.
· "Men began shouting fiercely to be heard over the din they themselves were causing." (11)
· "Alberico is too cautious to ruffle the mood of the Festival over this." (12)
· "However subtle Alberico may be, the fact is that he won this province and Tregea and Ferraut and Certando because of his army and his …show more content…

· After Devin gives the best performance of his life to the people listening to the mourning rites.
· "Ordinary citizens – weavers, artisans, shopkeepers, farmers, sailors, servants, lesser merchants – would enter the palace later" (41)
· "For when a portal of Morian's has been crossed there is, as everyone knows, never a turning back" (55)
· Power is shown through singing and the power to amaze and stun an audience until thinking and acting becomes harder to do.
· The power of sexual activity is also proven here because Devin is made to forget and ignore the conversation that is happening in the room adjoining the closet he is sharing with Catriana
· Devin is shown to have a very beautiful voice that can stun people. He also learns about sex with Catriana. Devin discovers a connection with Alessan because of his song.
· Devin also realizes that a part of his life is over and he can never go back because of his singing and what happened with Catriana. He also has some dangerous knowledge of plans involving Tomasso, the Duke's son.
· Foreshadowing is used here because you get a little bit of an idea of what is going to happen in the woods and of a plot involving Tomasso.
· "memory that seemed to be his birthlightfocusing like a beam of sunlight upon one detail then another, illuminating and revealing what he had missed the first time around"

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