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Westeros Social Class

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“Many of our greatest works of fiction are inspired by history” to what extent is this statement accurate with reference to the HBO series, Game of Thrones Points of discussion: Social classes and society function Architecture and culture Real life inspirations Social classes and society function: Essos In the Game of Thrones world of Westeros and Essos, it culturally differs compared to each other In the Essos, the social class system is closely related to Ancient Mediterranean civilisations (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and Ancient Egypt) In Essos Slavery is present, being integrated into society and having a similar social system to Ancient Egypt (a Hierarchical pyramid) Westeros In Westeros, the social class system is closely related …show more content…

In essos the free cities are ruled by a king/queen e.g Daenerys Khaleesi/Queen of meereen. In Westeros, there are 7 Kingdoms each ran by a house e.g The north is ran by house stark In westeros there is one king/queen e.g King Joffrey/Queen Cersei Architecture and culture: Essos: The Architecture of essos is a similar style to Ancient civilisations. Such as Meereen being closely related to ancient Egypt, While The city of Qarth is closely related to cities such as babylon and memphis The culture in Essos, is representative of Civilisations in the Ancient time, believing in Men having the dominant role in society, being similar to Ancient societies (Ancient Rome, Ancient Athens Etc). Slavery was present in and served their masters. They were in chains and daenerys was persistent on freeing them (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YYhMua-g3k) Some races are similar in the real world (The Dornish being similar to Mediterranean races, Freefolk being similar to vikings …show more content…

In westeros trials by combat were very prominent in protecting yourself. A famous example is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWxRAxeamIA The culture of civilians generally is very laid back, with men taking charge in society. However, Women can have a major influence on the world and sometimes end up on top. Real life inspirations: In the Game of thrones universe, there are many relations between Game of thrones aspects and real life. Characters: Brienne of Tarth - Joan of Arc: Brienne of Tarth wears traditional male armour in the show, as well as Joan of Arc preferring male clothing. In the Tv show Brienne is know as “The Maid of Truth” while Joan of Arc is known as ‘The Maid” Joffrey Baratheon (LANNISTER)- Prince Eustace of Boulogne Joffrey was seen as a cruel person, as well as Prince Eustace of Boulogne. They both died at

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