But Ivanhoe was like the war-horse of that sublime passage, glowing with impatience at his inactivity, and with his ardent desire to mingle in the affray of which these sounds were the introduction. "If I could but drag myself," he said, "to yonder window, that I might see how this brave game is like to go—If I had but bow to shoot a shaft, or battle-axe to strike were it but a single blow for our deliverance!—It is in vain—it is in vain—I am alike nerveless and weaponless!""Fret not thyself, noble knight," answered Rebecca, "the sounds have ceased of a sudden—it may be they join not battle.""Thou knowest nought of it," said Wilfred, impatiently; "this dead pause only shows that the men are at their posts on the walls, and expecting an instant attack; what we have heard was but the instant muttering of the storm—it will burst anon in all its fury.—Could I but reach yonder window!"How does the impatient and anxious tone of the excerpt reveal Ivanhoe's feelings about being imprisoned in the castle?The impatient and anxious tone reveals that Ivanhoe would much rather die in battle than be injured and imprisoned in the castle.

In the excerpt Ivanhoe talks about his "impatience" saying that he'd drag himself to the window if he could. Because of this statement, we know that he is not watching the battle. From this excerpt, we don't see frustration regarding his wounds and them slowing him down in battle. We also do not see him trying to find his way out of his prison cell. In the excerpt he does speak of deliverance. He could be referring to just being freed, but this can also mean to be freed from his physical self. Rebecca describes him as being noble. Ivanhoe's culture respects a death in battle more than one during imprisonment. These two details show that he'd rather die in battle than in the castle.