Westeros

In the mythical land of Game of Thrones, seven noble families fight for rule over the land of Westeros, but none are more powerful or wealthier than the Lannisters, or as the call themselves, Lions. Although the show doesn’t have an explicit good and bad side, many viewers see the Head of House Lannister as the main antagonist. Tywin Lannister is a brutal yet calculating leader, who is seen as a villain because of his ruthless actions of violence toward many of the characters in the show. Through these actions, Tywin has become the most powerful and feared man in all of Westeros. In Chuck Klosterman’s essay, “Villains Who Are Not Villains,” and Tess Collins’ article, “The Sympathetic Villain,” they argue that a villain can never be truly looked…

his upbringing, adds depth and realism to his character. Tyrion, on the other hand, while arguably more complex because of his dwarfism is actually more influenced by the values that Tywin Lannister has imparted on his son and have much more sway on Tyrion’s actual actions throughout the book. Daenerys, they argue, is shaped more through the things that have happened because of her; Drogo’s death, her dragons birth, naming herself Queen of Meereen, then the past. However if it wasn’t for Viserys…

In all honesty, it had always been difficult for me to follow a television series. I could never understand how my friends could invest a decent amount of their time into watching multiple series. That was until I started watching Game of Thrones late summer of last year. Although the pilot of the series aired on April of 2011, I finally got around to binge-watching it last summer to understand what the fuss was all about. Granted, I held off watching the show due to its’ excessive nudity and…

For example, a women’s role in Westeros society is viewed as much lesser than that of a man, however, there are many different female characters that defy these roles. One of these female characters is the young, yet ambitious Arya Stark. Arya is the youngest of the Stark children and through family of orientation is given an ascribed status immediately at birth. By this I mean that because Arya is involuntarily born to the prestigious Stark family, she is immediately ascribed to the higher…

at the wall. We get our first flashback of the series and it turns out little Cersei is just as bratty and entitled as big Cersei. Little Cersei and her BFF are tramping through the wet woods of Casterly Rock to find Maggy the Frog – a sexy scary fortune teller. When Maggy tells Cersei that everyone wants their future told until they hear it, Cersei sweetly informs Maggy that she’s living on Lannister land and if the fortune teller doesn’t tell her future right this instant Cersei will have her…

Martin created a world of Westeros in A Game of Thrones. The way George R.R. Martin was able to respond to other writers in the high fantasy was by getting influenced by the other author methods they used in their writing. One of the most shared things that both authors have in their high fantasy novels was the formation of the imaginative world, which he demonstrates from Martin’s Skills. A Game of Thrones has a Westeros, and The Lord of the Rings has Middle Earth which are similar to their own…

“The Children of the Forest” The Children of the Forest are an ancient race of supernaturals in Westeros. They were last seen over 8,000 years ago and are introduced in A Song of Ice and Fire as nothing more than a fairy tale, believed to be long extinct. Similar to the Ancient Celts, they were once the indigenous race of Westeros and following a war between the First Men they were forced to retreat to the fringe of Westeros, “beyond the Wall,” where their history turned into legend which…

The uncompromising exploration of this theme is exemplified through the brutal death of the noble protagonist in Eddard Stark and the rising prosperity of characters that lack the same ethics as the Starks, in Littlefinger and Cersei Lannister. The author has even created a contrast in societies, from Westeros to Essos, that have different beliefs and values relating to loyalty and duty, which have subsequently enabled readers to understand that the attitudes towards loyalty and duty differ in…

Dragons’ Adaptive Strategies in the Iron Islands. With just four species of dragons of the eighteen that live on the continent of Westeros, the Iron islands possess a variety of niches were these species thrive without being adapted to the same island as the others as all the populations became isolated not by space (as dragons can fly) but by habitat (different resources); also, these dragons are the best example of the adaptive radiation process as a common ancestor species from Westeros…

Lear but the two argument that are best supported by the society that makes up the mystical land of Westeros are the roles that women are expected to play and the way in which weakness and tears are defined and separated between…