That was her religion. She's much more a prisoner of her passions. She lives for the moment. In this opera, as you've noticed, every one of the characters has an extraordinary entrance. There is no entrance in the world for any baritone to match the sinister music at the entrance of Scarpia into the church.
Composers have wonderful resources for entrances.
I think it's the reaction. I think he steps over people. I think that he just strides over people. He's an element of destruction. It's not dependent on personality.