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…

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…

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…

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…

and Manipulation George R.R. Martin is known for writing novels full of 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…

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…

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 he…

Literary essay The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan is a novel based on the gods of Egyptian Mythology. It is actioned packed and quite interesting. The power of words is a subject the reader always thinks about while reading a novel. In this novel it is used countless times over and over again with a different message each time from important and strong characters. The power of words is used in battle, for romantic and friendly reasons and to create the plot of the novel. It is also used by two…

One of my most favored metaphors and quotes I have ever come across would be this one. Showing how wits always win over brawn, thinking is dangerous to those around you, but it can also be dangerous for yourself. Celaena, the main protagonist of Throne of Glass realizes that thought is a dangerous weapon to possess, towards those against you, but can be dangerous for yourself if someone of greater authority feels as though this is a threat. One of the first places we are introduced to in the…

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 flies” in…