In a sense all characters are based on some form of a historical figure or at least have an inspiration from them. HBO’s Game of Thrones female characters can be easily defined as any historical female icons. Take for instance‚ Joan of Arc: When she was about 16‚ the voices exhorted her to bear aid to the dauphin‚ later King Charles VII‚ then kept from the throne by the English in the Hundred Years War. Joan won the aid of Robert de Baudricourt‚ captain of the dauphin’s forces in Vaucouleurs‚ in
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controversy due to its use of sex‚ violence‚ and the treatment of female characters since the airing of its first episode in 2011. From the beginning‚ the series used images of rape‚ prostitution‚ and female nudity to depict the medieval-like world of Westeros and Essos. While many argue that the series exploits the subjects of sex‚ and violence‚ others argue that it simply depicts the difficulties faced by women in a feudal society. George R.R. Martin the series co-executive producer‚ script writer
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main characters are all closely represented in the television show‚ especially in the first season. But this paper will focus more on the books than the more popular show. We start off in Winterfell‚ the premier northern stronghold in the realm of Westeros and the Seven Kingdoms. The House of Stark are the Lords of the North‚ ruling a region as big as the other kingdoms combined. Eddard Stark‚ patriarch and Lord of Winterfell‚ is out on a hunting party with some of his sons and knights‚ when they discover
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In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn‚ The Dark Horse directed by James Napier Robertson‚ and A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin love brings out the worst in characters. Some characters are selfish in love‚ they use love as justification for their questionable actions‚ and they love power more than other people. The main story line in Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn is that Amy is framing her husband Nick for her murder. She sets up an elaborate scheme to hurt
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