Kingsguard Essays

William Shakespeare's King Lear is depressing and has no mercy, but it also encounters many more aspects which are quite important for everyone to know, such as: trails of deaths, battles, love, hatred, treacheries and most importantly nature and culture. Shakespeare created a play where the world was cruel and there was only plotting and tragedy with no shining light at the end of the tunnel. Shakespeare makes King Lear, a natural figure to show the hypocrisy. The connection between King Lear

He is cognizant of the fact that if he had not had the accident, he would have a chance to become the best knight of the Kingsguard, as he has defeated Prince Tommen, Cersei’s son, in a training fight with wooden swords organized during his visit to Winterfell. What is more, he wants to be like his father who is admired for his courage and honesty and the fact that he always follows the knightly code. Furthermore, for Bran being a knight is a way to make his mark in history since he is cognizant

On the final day of the tournament, all of the champions from the other events were honored before the massive crowd gathered in the grandstand. Alayna cursed herself for not attending any other the other events. She loved archery and wished she could’ve participated in some way like she had for the tourney her parents had hosted for her sixteenth nameday. However, it was frowned upon for a highborn lady to take part in such activities. Yet their glory was short-lived as all eyes turned to Prince

The last we see of Pycelle in canon is face planted on his desk with his head bashed in by Varys or one of his “little birds.” We saw a lot of him in all five books, mostly doing mischief apparently all on behalf of the Lannisters. We saw him tell lies. It could be Margery Tyrell’s life will be forfeit because of a lie about moon tea. Once he lied to Tyrion and got himself thrown in the black cells for his trouble. It seems he might have been the one to procure the poison for Jon Arryn’s assassination

Method To understand the impact of silencing of women, I performed a textual analysis of the interpersonal relationships of Princess Rhaenyra, Lady Alicent, and their interactions with those in the dominant group around them from HBO Max’s House of the Dragon. To understand the impact of silencing and power dynamics on subordinate groups, I performed a textual analysis of the interpersonal relationships within family dyads, specifically between Princess Rhaenyra and King Viserys, her father, and