Thrones

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.…

The story “One Dark Throne,” by Kendare Blake is a sequel to the book “Three Dark Crowns.” This story takes place on an island named Fennbirn where three queens battle for the throne. Each queen has a unique ability, Mirabella is an elemental so she controls the elements. Katherine is poisoner so she is immune to poison. Then there is Arsinoe who is supposed to be a naturalist, where she has a familiar--an animal companion-- but she is truly a poisoner. The three queens are willing to do…

Thrones of Blood known to be a element of one of the greatest Shakespeare plays, Macbeth. It was not a simple adaptation of the play. It was a creation that was full of symbolic representations. One of the key differences between William Shakespeare’s MacBeth and Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood was the style used in the depiction of the characters, because the protagonists of the movie and the play was different. We can easily see the differences through the comparison of Macbeth and Washizu…

Compare and Contrast (Macbeth and Throne Of Blood) Macbeth is a play written by the great English poet Shakespeare. Macbeth is a story about a soon to become king Macbeth. He is the main character of the story as he plays a big role in the events that occur during the story. Macbeth was known for being ambitious and a person with great perseverance. The movie Throne Of Blood is an adaption of the play Macbeth, but it’s not just a translation of literary text. In Fact, The director of the…

What Cervantes is referring too in this stanza is the male dominance over females. This is mostly seen in Mexican homes. Males tend to be the head of the household, while females are the inferior ones. In addition, females are expected to only attend to their husbands, expected only to stay at home and clean, cook, as well as take care of the kids, having no right to express their opinion. In this stanza, Cervantes is saying everyone is equal in her world. Male dominance over females is no more.…

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…

Claire McCaskill, who after the episode tweeted: Ok, I’m done Game of Thrones. Water Garden, stupid. Gratuitous rape scene disgusting and unacceptable. It was a rocky ride that just ended. (Cillizza) After suggestions that Game of Thrones relies on rape more heavily than A Song of Ice and Fire does, Tumblr user Tafkar conducted research on how often rape occurs in both texts and found staggering results. To date, Game of Thrones contains 50 rape acts and 29 victims, whereas A Song of Ice…

to the forefront of peoples minds. A specific example that is showcased throughout countless television series is the fixation on body image and the role that plays in a person’s sexual life. This is absolutely apparent in the HBO series Game of Thrones. According to _____the series now being “the most watched of any series in the pay cable networks for-decade history, attracting a whopping gross audience of 18.4 million viewers each week” its easy to see the enormous scale a television can…

protagonists in Thelma & Louise and Arya in Game of Thrones all use murder to flee existing structures which seek to wrongfully punish them. The murders they carry out also disassociate them from the typical depiction of women during their respective time periods, as well as empowers them to go on their own adventures they would have been incapable of going on had the murders not taken place. The titular protagonists of Thelma & Louise and Arya in Game of Thrones all experience or perform…

than four centuries. The Tragedy of Macbeth is one such play that has delighted audiences since it originated around the seventeenth century. The Scottish play has been performed, reenacted, and revisioned an inestimable amount of times. The film, Throne of Blood, directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1961 is one such adaptation. It is less of a direct reenactment and more of a translation of the play reimagined. The film transforms Mac Beth, taking him from the original 11th century Scotland setting,…