A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin is a complex novel filled with an equally complex and diverse set of characters. Martin explores and questions many aspects of humanity, society, and morality by creating three-dimensional, imperfect characters. For many of these characters, it is difficult to determine whether they should be considered good or evil due to the fact that they are so human and realistic. Some characters are easy to love, and others, like Joffrey Baratheon, are incredibly easy to hate. It can be difficult to talk about Joffrey without immediately wanting to write him off as one of the cruelest and worst characters ever created. Not many people stop to ask why he is the way he is. What caused him to become so mean and sadistic? …show more content…
It could be a defect due to the fact that he was born from an incestuous relationship. Or maybe the way he was raised shaped his personality significantly. Being raised as a crown prince resulted in him being coddled and getting everything he could ever desire at the snap of his fingers. In addition, he was surrounded by constant political turmoil, and a mixture of different types of unpleasant people. There were not always many strong people around him to set a good or moral example. Whatever the cause of Joffrey’s personality, it is still very obvious that there is something that is not quite right in his mind. Despite being crown prince and facing the expectations of that role, Joffrey Baratheon continuously acts in a way that is so immature, arrogant, and cruel that it is indicative of narcissistic personality disorder and psychopathy. His actions often affect others in a negative …show more content…
He is expected to be noble, gallant, chivalrous, and all the other stereotypes one might find when reading about a prince and future king. None of these words can be used to honestly describe him though. Instead he threatens to tattle on people to his mother when he is upset with them, and he threatens and goads people on, fully aware that they can’t retaliate without major consequences. He does this with Robb Stark when they are practicing swordplay, and with Mykah and Arya in the woods. He acts confident and powerful until he feels threatened: “Joffrey made a scared, whimpery sound as he looked up at her. “No,” he said, “don’t hurt me. I’ll tell my mother’”(Martin 126). By threatening to tell his mother, he takes the consequences of his actions off of himself and places them on those that he wronged. He knows that no matter what he does, his mother will always take his side, even if the other person is right. The other person will often get a severe punishment, much like the Starks did when they were commanded to kill Sansa’s direwolf, Lady, in place of
One of Creon’s many failures as a statesman is his prideful attitude. For example, Creon believes that gods chose him to lead the kingdom: “But see, the king comes here, /Creon, the son of Menoeceus, /Whom the gods have appointed for us/In our recent change of fortune.” (Par. 122—125).This quote explains how authoritative Creon was when he first became king. Also, Sophocles explains how Creon’s divine rights made him feel superior to everyone else, which made him more insolent. In addition, Creon believes that he is the sole leader of the kingdom: “We’ll have no woman’s law here, while I live.” (Sc 2.444). Sophocles illustrates the dangers of pride in kingship. He emphasizes more on how kings should be reasonable to the citiz...
First off, Creon’s belief in civil law caused him to do a grave action which in time lead to his downfall, he lied to the city of Thebes. Creon was never meant to be the king of Thebes, until the deaths of both princes, Polynices and Eteocles, he had no choice but to step up to the throne. He was unprepared and unqualified, he had to tell the city of Thebes the story of how both man died. So, Creon lied about what happened between the two brothers, making one the hero and one the villain; “Well, what else could I have done? People had taken sides in the civil war. Both sides couldn’t be wrong; that would be too much. I couldn’t have made them swallow the truth.” (Anouilh
A young 12-year-old boy by the name of Aaron Kurlander faced many hardships when he was left to fend for himself while his family was separated from him in the 1930’s depression era in St. Louis at the Empire hotel. Aaron uses his imagination and sense of reality to survive and he never seems to let his spirits sink. While Aaron was left to fend for himself, his father seems to think he had good reasons for the families absences; Aaron’s brother Sullivan was shipped off to go live with relatives, his mother (Mrs. Kurlander) admitted to a sanitarium for tuberculosis, and his father (Mr. Eric Kurlander) who was a door-to-door sales man who sold wickless candles left town to travel for a watch
The Chosen by Chaim Potok is a phenomenal novel about two Jewish boys who live in two very discrepant worlds because of the impressions of their fathers.The Hasidic Rabbi, Reb Saunders wants his son, Danny Saunders, to perdure the family legacy and become a Rabbi. Mr. Malter, Reuven’s father, is an Orthodox Jew who is easy going about what he wants his son to do. Throughout the book, both Reuven and Danny face problems and sufferings that helped them both to become stronger and get through the hard times they faced.
Creon’s declination begins in Oedipus at Colonus when his infatuation with power and control begins to arise, in turn bringing forth a rigid side to his character. The battle over the kingship of Thebes is a pivotal point in Creon’s development. He goes to drastic measures when threatening the lives of Oedipus’ daughters in order to bring him back to Thebes, and in conversation with Oedipus, Creon says, “Your daughters: one of them I have just now / Had seized and carried off; now I’ll take this one” (129). His forceful and domineering actions towards his brother-in-law begin to peel back the layers of his intentions. In Oedipus Rex, Creon did not want the throne, nor did he enjoy attention, but he now finds pleasure in being the head figure of leadership. The first signs of Creon’s craving for personal pleasures are unravelled as he begins to act under the influence of his Id, “a demand to take care of needs immediately” (Boeree). The animalistic tendencies, destructive nature, and amoral actions are all induced by the Id, and Creon unconsciously begins to tap into that part of his mind as he strives to gain power. All other emotions and opinions of others are disregarded and Creon makes it his goal to become king, seemingly stopping at nothing t...
Overall, Creon’s leadership is very strict and centered on the state and his laws. But it’s not just this that makes him a bad leader; it’s his temper and his aggressive attitude that make him terrible as a leader and a person. Whenever he is angry he acts very harsh to the people around him, even if it is not their fault, and he makes rash decisions that only benefit him, going against his own moral code. Creon’s leadership was too cruel, and too strict to work, and he forced the people to stay silent and listen and not have their say. Generally, Creon’s leader ship would have never worked because of one, his temper, two, his strict and tyrannical rule, and third, his aggressive and harsh attitude.
The first characteristic of a tragic hero is goodness and superiority. Creon did cause the death of many characters, but he is still a good person with high superiority. When Creon became the King of Thebes, he announced to the people that he would try to change the city for the better so that everyone is amicable. He says, “ By such measures I’ll make this city great” (Sophocles 7). This gives hope to the city of Thebes and it ensures that Creon will be loyal to his city. Creon also shows that he is a good person by being a fair ruler to his people. His niece, Antigone has disobeyed the laws of the city by burying her brother. She is a part of the family, but Creon doesn’t want the city to think that he favors others, and so he says, “ I must execute her. / I don’t give a damn for all her talk / About family ties” (Sophocles 17). By saying this, Creon lets the people know that he believes that everyone should be punished equally, no matter how close they are to him. ...
Power- something so potent, yet so easy to misuse. Not everyone can obtain power, however those who possess it often acquire arrogance. Louis XIV held total control of France, abusing his dominance. Louis called himself ‘the Sun King’, believing that everything revolved around him. His pompousness led him to making foolish decisions, as he considered himself to be superior. If you don’t use your brain, you will ultimately lose it, as Louis was beheaded by the determined citizens of France. Likewise, in Antigone, King Creon is the ruler of Thebes. Creon makes an arbitrary ruling, swearing the ‘disloyal’ Polyneices should never be buried. When Antigone goes against this, Creon is infuriated. Creon lets his arrogance take over, and continuously makes unwise decisions. Power simply creates narcissism, as Creon’s pride causes him to commit foolish actions.
Jon Snow is the son of Eddard Stark and half-brother to 4 other siblings. It is unknown as to who his mother is. In this type of era, Jon Snow does not get the stark name because of he is not full-blood. Therefore, this already puts a disadvantage to him and makes him sort of a contemporary hero as no one really expects him to do much with his life. Nor do any of the Stark loyal initially trust him. Eventually, he travels to the Wall to join the Nights Watch. However, it surprises everyone as he is able to rise up the ranks fairly quickly to become the leader, also known as the Lord Commander. For the short length of this position before Jon Snow is betrayed he does a lot of controversial but overall good tasks such as letting the Wildings through the gates in order to protect them from the
In the novel, Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede, the main character Cimorene is not acting like a proper princess.Cimorene does not want to be a proper princess like her sisters and be forced to get married to prince Therandil.Cimorene is everything a princessis not suppost to be,like Cimorene is tomboyish,smart,and sometimes bored.Dealing with Dragons is about a princess named Cimorene,but the princess does not want to act like a proper princess.So she goes to another castle on a vacation with her family,but they realy want Cimorene to get married to a prince that she never meet, so Cimorene runs away to ask some dragons what she should do.Cimorene ends ups living with a dragon named Kazul so she didnt have to be like a proper princess and do what she pleases.This is the reasons for Cimorene not acting like a justified princess.Cimorene is justified in ignoring the expected social norms of her day,because she doesn’t like to do princess thing she likes to learn magic,ect.
Tyrion tries to convince the people there that he is not guilty for this crime. He does this in a rather abnormal manor, he says that he wishes he had killed him. The line that best illustrates this is when Tyrion says “I did not kill Joffrey but I wish that I had. Watching your vicious … die gave me more relief…” (Pages). Earlier in this same scene Tyrion says “I saved you. I saved this city and all your worthless lives. I should have let Stannis kill you all - -“(Pages). In this quote Tyrion states that the city would not be alive without his help. This is a blatant appeal to pathos because he saved everyone. If you read through the lines a little bit it appears that he is trying to be forgiven for this apparent act because he saved the city. In the quote about him wishing he had killed Joffrey his tone comes off as angered and yet honest as if he had wished he had killed
Nobles growing up did not have best home life a child should have. Still that leaves no excuse to murder two young innocent women and almost a young man. Some people argue that Johnathan was not in his right mind because he was high on drugs. In a way, it’s like saying someone made him do it. It is possible for anything or anybody to make someone else actually do something they didn’t want to? If the murders were premeditated, the drugs could have been a cover up. Nobles knowing, he might get caught, would make people feel like he only did it because of drugs were in his system. This goes back to people craving attention and doing anything to get
Who was once a hero, was now the villain in many regards; he was the protagonist at first, and after, became the antagonist after his fortune took over his morality. Henry Ford had well-meaning intentions at first. Truly wanting to connect the world, he wanted to create a car that everyone can afford and be able to enjoy. Although he achieved his goal of creating this car, the model T, several unintentional controversial ideologies were established along with it.
Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon followed in the footsteps of his relatives and longed for more wealth, land, and possessions. He threatened to through Clifford in prison if he did not cooperate because Jaffrey was so desperate to have the missing deed that he was not willing to allow anyone to get in his way. Greed outweighed compassion for Jaffrey and he was no willing to allow anything to come between him and his wealth, not even Clifford, his own family member. Regardless, he died at the end of the story; he would have had a much more enjoyable life had he taken the time to love his family and not spent so much time trying to devise a plan on how he could obtain all the family wealth for himself. If Jaffrey would not have been so greedy, the outcome of the story could have completely changed, but because he wanted all the inheritance for himself, the story ended with the melancholy death of the acquisitive Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon. Greed may not have been his cause of death, but if his attitude toward his family would have changed, his life may not have ended in the way that it did. He still would have died, but instead of dying an angry man, he would have died a happy one.
Character Analysis of William Shakespeare's Henry V. King Henry’s son, Prince Hal, is perceived to be a wastrel, someone. that is not befitting royalty. He spends his time gambling, drinking. visiting brothels, and even befriending criminals. King Henry is utterly disappointed in his son, hoping that perhaps he was actually a. “changeling”, and Hotspur was actually his son.