In order for Flavia to be a traditional hero, she has to have royal parentage which she does not. Flavia’s parents are clearly not of royal descent. Flavia’s father seems afraid after he has seen the dead snipe outside the kitchen door, she reveals “[Father] had seen things during the war: horrid things…” (Bradley, 47) the fact that Flavia’s father have seen terrible things during the war suggest the he is part of the military which means he is in the field. Royalty does not fight in the field because the army does the labour for them. Royalty does not join the military because thousands of men fight for them. As for her mother, While Ophelia and Flavia is talking about the misplacement of the neckless that their mother gave to Ophelia, Flavia
