A Game of Thrones

In the last years there have been several TV series that have succeeded in the media and that have produced a fan phenomenon and one of them is Game of Thrones. Since its launching in 2011, this drama has caught the attention of the public and has become part of the history of television, breaking records in audience, illegal downloads and sells all over the world. The question here is why this simple and vane fiction has attracted such an amount of audience that are willing to see what is going…

unacceptable aspects in media, which is defined as censorship. The recent hit T.V show Game of Thrones has turned many heads with its intense action, gripping story, and compelling world. However, Game of Thrones…

In the Game of Thrones, specific medical knowledge is further advanced and accurate than in the Middle Ages. This stands partially for the reason that certain discoveries in history have been accidental, for example, penicillin, not the culmination of a long aggregation of previous discoveries. While this might seem incongruent with the otherwise static medieval level of technology in the Game of Thrones, much of real-life medical knowledge was discovered purely through trial and error or by…

deception, violence, manipulation, and any other wrong doings of the upper-class in the Middle Ages. His flagship series, A Song of Ice and Fire, on which the TV show “Game of Thrones” is based, encompasses many similar characteristics, including the active role of women, emotional manipulation and dishonesty, along with psychological games he plays with his readers. The role of women is extremely important to the plot in Martin’s novels. Firstly, many criticize the violence against women in the…

As a huge fan of Game of Thrones, a lot of what was discussed in lecture and in discussions class reminded me of the book the show. The show reminded of the patriarchy, caste system, glass ceiling, and Gender. There were many other topics I could have also discussed about in my essay, but I felt that these four listed had more meaning than the others. I always felt that gender meant as in the sex you were born as and also with what you as a person would prefer to consider yourself as. An…

perpatuating some old- not always positive- norms (??) This paper avaluates the major characteristics of characters portrayed in the TV show Game of Thrones in an effort to see what message and behavior it is trasmitting to its avdience. The theoretical background will be grounded in the Feminist perspective drawn from the works of Ott and Mack (2010). Game of thrones: The show itself has been a huge success, reaching- in its five seasons and 50 episodes- a constant audience of more than 50…

What if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or the other.” --Jaime Lannister, Game of Thrones “King-slayer!” “Jaime Lannister, the Man of no Honor” One of the most complex and intriguing characters from the TV show Game of Thrones is the infamous Jaime Lannister. Raised by Tywin Lannister, one of the wealthiest men in Westeros, Jaime Lannister is a man that is hard to comprehend. In some instances…

According to Berys According to Berys Gaut, most of people will have the same thing to say after they just watched a movie, that is, whether the movie is good or bad given whether or not they can identify with its characters. This happens a lot in Game of Thrones, as most of the character have flaws, and they do not have a perfect life. For example, romantic-typed characters (as mentioned in Frye’s essay) die easily in the show, even for the main characters and the kings. “Kings are dying like…

Game of Thrones is an ideal example of why the mass media is drawn to the apocalyptic-fiction genre and can be attributed to the connection between fiction and reality. Internally, within the mind, there is a psychological interest in endings and the end of the world. Externally, there is interest regarding historical events and personal religious beliefs. The apocalypse-fiction genre in modern media continues to become increasingly popular because many books and shows, such as George R.R.…

In the popular TV and book series Game of Thrones it’s mainly about more than a few noble houses battle a domestic war over who should be king, while a banished princess attempts to find her position in the world, and the kingdom is endangered by some intensifying supernatural danger in the north. Gender is a lot more restraining in Game of Thrones than it is in reality. The positions for men and women are pretty constricted because women are perceived as pretty and nice; and men are tough and…