The Female Body: Feminism and Game of Thrones HBO’s fantasy series Game of Thrones has sparked 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
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Game of Thrones is a thrilling TV series that sets in a fictional time that resembles the medieval time and unravels the journey of powerful families playing a deadly game to claim the Iron Throne. As a fantasy epic‚ the Game of Thrones presents audience a glimpse of a world filled with supernatural threats‚ witchcraft‚ dragons and bloodsheds. In this essay‚ I argue that the Game of Thrones is a present-day manifestation of a freak show due to the characters displayed in the show and explore the
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Every good story has a strong villainous character‚ in the Game of Thrones series George Martin has developed many characters that are cringe worthy; though the one that tops the list is Joffrey Baratheon. The general audience as well as the majority of characters in Game of Thrones despise him. However‚ some might ask‚ “Was there a person in history that was as bloodthirsty as Joffrey Baratheon?” To which I can say yes‚ in fact I believe Martin has based Joffrey’s character on Edward of Lancaster
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What would happen if the most important and meaningful plot point in a story was taken out? What other plot points would not have occurred? Would anything else have happened instead? If the plot of Jon Arryn’s death‚ a character in the novel Game of Thrones‚ written by George R. R. Martin‚ was taken out‚ most of the whole story could not have been written. The whole story line of the book is based on this tragic death. If the demise of Jon Arryn was taken out of the story‚ then Eddard (Ned) Stark
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ENG 111 Evaluation of the TV Series Game of Thrones The HBO broadcasting network debuted my new favorite TV series Game of Thrones in April 17‚ 2011‚ which is based off the author George R.R Martin’s novels “Game of Thrones”. Since the first premiere of the fantasy driven drama series: resembling closely with medieval era‚ I instantly become a fan. Aside from the memorable characters‚ which oftentimes leads one to develop some form of attachment and then left with the unbearable shock due to well-known
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Game of Thrones is a television series based on the popular book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. The first season covers about the same time period as the first book‚ aptly named Game of Thrones for which the series take its name. There are many great things about A Song of Ice and Fire‚ from the hundreds of unique individual characters‚ with their own back stories‚ allegiances‚ and house names; to the visual detailed pictures Martin paints in your imagination of everything
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however they ultimately fail to provide a concrete meaning. Strong examples of Quality TV would be that of Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones. The analysis
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To what extent does Game of Thrones follow the heroic journey model? A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won. The hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man. That’s called a monomyth or more commonly known as the ‘Heroic Journey’ a form or archetypal theory. Game of Thrones follows the heroic journey model‚ well in some areas
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The Shadow Throne The Shadow Throne‚ by Jennifer A. Nielsen‚ is the third and final book in the Ascendance trilogy. It is an action and adventure fantasy story about a young King. The story mainly takes place in a country called Carthya‚ in the middle ages when Kings and Queens ruled the land. King Jargon has many adventures while trying to protect his country‚ his people‚ and his friends in the fight for Carthya’s future. King Jargon is a young King‚ who has brown‚ rough-looking hair‚ green eyes
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages in adapting a text to film‚ when seen through a different cultural perspective/lens. Use Throne of Blood/Macbeth and The Banquet/Hamlet to illustrate your discussion. Whenever a book‚ novel or any other text is adapted to film there are many advantages. The Director may choose to use the text as inspiration and give the story or setting their own clever twist‚ they may choose to be faithful to the text and take every word literally‚ or they may choose
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