Jude's Character Development

Madoc kills Taryn and Jude's Parents

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When Madoc kills Jude's parents, it changes her life from the happy, fun life she had with her biological parents to a new life filled with struggle. This event will be the backbone of Jude's development into being independent.

Summer Tournament

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Jude fights with Carden and fights well but is beaten. Carden asks that Jude beg for forgiveness from him but Jude refuses. As Jude lays after the fight, her ambition of being a knight takes a huge hit as she could not beat Carden. When Locke comes and tends to her wounds, Jude begins to be a little more trustworthy as she sees Locke as someone she can trust other than Vivi and Taryn

Macbeth in War

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Like Jude, Macbeth shows off his skills when battling in war where he is known as a noble warrior. This is where most people get to see how strong Macbeth is and is where Macbeth starts to get power.

Prince Dain's Spy

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When Prince Dain gives Jude the title of a spy for him, he first grants her a geas on her that protects her from spells. This adds to Jude's ambition as she is getting closer to her goal making her more determined.

Thane of Cawdor

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After the battle, Macdonwald is found to be a traitor and is killed. Macbeth being the noble hero he is, is granted the rank of Thane of Cawdor where he gets his first taste of real power. Like Jude, this is where his ambition will grow stronger as he has finally tasted what it is like to have power.

Rescuing Sophie

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When Jude finds a servant girl named Sophie and wants to help her. Jude convinces Vivi to take Sophie back to the human world, but as they ride horses to the human world Sophie pitches herself off a cliff. The death of Sophie gives Jude tremendous guilt and gives her a realization that she can't save everyone. Her ambition is one of her human flaws thinking that she can save everyone when really she can not.

Killing Duncan

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When Jude saves Sophie, it is because she wants Sophie to be free, but when Sophie is close to freedom, she kills herself. Like Jude, after Macbeth kills Duncan he is filled with tremendous guilt because he doesn't know if what he did was the right thing to do.

Prove Her Loyalty to Dain

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Dain summons Jude to the Parlor to scold her for stabbing Valerian. He wants her to stab her onw hand to prove her loyalty to him and she does so. This is an example of her determination and ambition to stay in Faerie. As she continues to be bullied by true faeries for being human, her stubbornness to not give up is another one of her human flaws to never give up in any circumstance.

Jude Kills Valerian

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Valerian comes into to Jude's room drunk and with a knife. He begins to threaten her and Jude ends up killing him. This is the first time that Jude has killed somebody and shows how she is getting stronger. She is more confident in her ability to act of her own free will instead of being controlled by somebody else that is meant to be in Faerie

Macbeth Kills Banquo

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When Macbeth kills Banquo, it is his first example of the power he gained. With his new power, his ambition grows stronger to the point where he will fight to keep and obtain power. Like Jude, Macbeth is willing to kill to keep what he has gotten.

Taryn and Locke

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After the crowning ceremony where Dain is killed, when Jude finally gets home she see Taryn with her new fiancé Locke. Now the two people that Jude trusted the most, in her eyes, have lost her trust. Now she thinks that she can't truly trust anybody and is left with only herself.

Carden Crowned King

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At Balekin's crowning ceremony, Jude and Carden show up but have a plan. The plan goes perfectly, but when Carden thinks that he will be crowning Oak, Oak crowns Carden. Carden must comply with her plan for one year and one day. I think that during this time, Jude will get a taste of power as she rules Faerie from behind the scenes. I the end, she will have the same fate as Macbeth her human ambition has for wanting more and more instead of being content with what she already has.