Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created in 2011 for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is titled A Game of Thrones. Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Robert Baratheon, King of Westeros, asks his old friend Eddard, Lord Stark, to serve as Hand of the King, or highest official. But he has been warned that the previous Hand was killed, Eddard accepts to find out what really happened. Meanwhile the Queen's family, the Lannisters, are hatching a plot to take power from her husband the King. Across the sea, the last members of the previous and deposed ruling family, the Targaryens, are also scheming to take back the throne. The friction between the houses Stark, Lannister and Baratheon, and with other great houses Greyjoy, Tully, Arryn, and Tyrell, eventually leads to war. All while a very the ancient white-walkers have awakened in the far north. But the Nights Watch, a military order will protect the Seven Kingdoms from the unmentionable horror beyond the wall. At the moment Robert Baratheon is the King of Westeros, but not for long. King Robert dies of a hunting wound and his cruel son Joffery takes the throne. Even though in King Roberts will it states that Eddard Stark is to take then throne until Joffery is of age. Eddard is charged with treason and is to be executed. Now that you are caught up in the recent events of season one I can continue. The episode I have chosen to evaluate is the last episode in season one titled "Fire and Blood". Fire and Blood just so happens to be the motto of House Targaryen. In King's Landing, Eddard Stark ha...
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...ngs are in that fantasy world. There are just so many strong characters in the show and so many "what just happened" moments and that's something that I look for in a movie or television show. According to HBO, the second season of Game of Thrones had an average gross audience (including all repeats and on-demand viewings) of 11.6 million viewers. The third season saw that number rise to 14.2 million, making the season the second-most viewed of any HBO series. Contrary to assumptions by journalists that Game of Thrones has a predominantly male audience, Nielsen Media Research data indicated in 2013 that the series viewers is less divided by gender than that of many other comparable programs, with women making up about 42% of viewers. Game of Thrones has won 47 awards and have been nominated for 84 and I believe they will continue to win a lot more in the future.
Is High School football a sport, or is it more than that to some people? Recent newspaper headlines include such items as coaches abusing student athletes; fathers of athletes murdering coaches, and mother’s disabilitating cheerleading candidates to assure their daughters make the cheerleading team. In Odessa, Texas high school football is a major contributor to the society of a small town in Texas society. Every Friday night, 50,000 people fill the stadium to see high school students put their lives on the line to win a football game. H. G. Bissinger writes a novel called Friday Night Lights, about a year in 1988 where High School players prepare and play on the High School team, and what an impact they have on a small city in Texas.
First of all, Scyld Scefing, historic king of the Danes (Scyldings), had a son Beow(ulf) to occupy the throne: “Then in the strongholds [Beow] the Scylding was king of all Denmark, beloved by his people” (53-55). Then [Beow] “had a son in his turn, Healfdene the great, who, while he lived, aged, war-fierce, ruled lordly Scyldings” (56-58). Healfdene’s progeny were numerous: “From Healfdene are numbered four children in all; from the leader of armies they woke to the world, Heorogar, Hrothgar, and Halga the good; it is told that [Yrse was Onela's] queen”(59-62). Heorogar fathered Heoroweard; Halga fathered Hrothulf who lived with Hrothgar (“the mighty minded ones, Hrothgar and Hrothulf” (1016-17). Implied in this and in the following lines is the hint that Hrothulf will slay Hrothgar’s oldest son, Hrethic, and take the throne: “Wealhtheow came forth, glistening in gold, to greet the good pair, uncle and nephew[Hrothulf]; their peace was still firm, each true to the other” (1162-5) (Chickering 280). Hrothgar’s other two children were Hrothmund and Freawaru (“I heard the men give her the name Freawaru when she passed to those heroes the gem-studded cup” (2022-23).
But Buckingham knows what to do. He tells Richard to take two priests with him, since the people are very religious and will follow the priest's’ actions. After doing as if he was denying the request for being the king, the crowd tried to persuade him. Because of doing as if he didn’t want the crown, the crowd thought they could trust him more, and begged him to be the king. Eventually he said yes, and finally became king of England. He orders Buckingham to kill prince Edward, but Buckingham refuses to. He asks for his Earlship, but Richard gets mad and dismisses him. He knows he also has to get rid of Buckingham now, since he is not loyal to him anymore. He hires a murderer called Tyrrel to kill the princes and finally he got rid of
Grendel's mother arrives at the hall when all the warriors are sleeping and kills Aeshere, Hrothgar's chief adviser and good friend. Beowulf, offers to div...
King Hrothgar once again looks toward Beowulf to take care of another monster. To get ready for this battle Beowulf wears armor and uses the Horting sword which has never lost in battle. Once again Beowulf shows his courage by deciding to go to the bottom of the monster filled swamp and fight alone. Fighting off monsters on his way down, Beowulf reached the bottom where he was met by Grendel 's mother. He tried to cut her head off with Horting, but she is too strong. Beowulf takes a sword made for giants off the wall, and uses his super strength to cut the mother 's head off. As a trophy of this battle Beowulf finds the body of Grendel in a corner and decides to take his head back to the mead hall. Hrothgar celebrates another victory by once again throwing a large celebration where they gave more gifts to Beowulf and the Geats. After two battles, Beowulf decides it is time for him and his men to head back to their homeland. Continuing to show courage, honor, and strength Beowulf states that if the Danes ever have anymore problems with monsters he will help protect
Before the Eddard and his two daughters leave for King’s Landing in South Westeros, Eddard's young son Bran Stark witnesses Cersei Lannister committing incest with her twin brother Jaime, who flings Bran from a tower to conceal the secret. Bran survives the fall, but is put into a coma. During Bran’s recovery, an assassin attempts to murder him; whereupon Bran's direwolf kills the assassin. Catelyn, on grounds that only dire intrigue with Bran would necessitate killing him, visits King's Landing in secret to warn Eddard of the failed assassination, leaving Eddard’s eldest son, Robb Stark, to rule Winterfell. Not long after Catelyn's departure to King’s Landing does Bran awaken from his coma as a paraplegic, with no memory of Jaime pushing him from the tower.
The story focuses on multiple families, or Houses, fighting to control the Iron Throne, which lies in the capitol city of Westeros called King’s Landing. Houses form alliances with other Houses against one another and a young girl in Essos named Daenerys is slowly rising to power with an army and three dragons. Adding to it, a supernatural army of undead is marching down from beyond the great ice wall in the North of Westeros for unknown reasons. All of these events give way to betrayals and deceptions that are done for the greater good of the realm of Westeros, and for the greediest and most power-hungry reasons of selfishness.
This research paper, is about a book called A Game of Thrones. Written by, George R.R. Martin, who started the series 18 years ago. There is also a TV show on HBO that is going into its 4th season this spring. This book has a medieval setting on continent called Westeros. Westeros is divided into seven kingdom’s, with their own lords, houses and words, or mottoes. There is one King , that rules over all the kingdoms. The book follows a few main characters that are, Lord Eddard Stark, lord or Warden of the North, Catelyn Stark, Ned’s wife originally from house Tully, Sansa Stark, the oldest daughter of Ned and Catelyn, Arya Stark, youngest daughter, Bran Stark second oldest son, Jon Snow, Ned’s bastard son, Tyrion Lannister, a dwarf from house Lannister who uses his words rather than a sword to win his battles and Daenerys Targaryen, who is sold to a leader of horse men (Dothraki) by her brother, so he can get an army to take back the seven kingdoms from Robert Baratheon, who led a rebellion against his Daenery’s father. through their journeys through Westeros, along with some of the events that happened in the years past to get them to the point of where the book started . All of the kingdoms lords want something , they might not come forward and say it straight up, but they still strive to achieve it. This “thing” is power. To rule a kingdom, you have to be a man while women are used as assets for other men and houses to gain power, which will be explained later. Women are classified under many different hierarchies and those decide where a woman stands in the society. But in A Game Of Thrones ruling a kingdom or a house is all dominated by men and women are assets for the men to gain power. Along with my thesis that is th...
“I guess what I’m tryin’ to say is…not everything comes down to how you carry it in the street. I mean, it do come down to that if you gonna be in the street. But that ain’t the only way to be.” --Dennis "Cutty" Wise
...with Breaking Bad. Gilligan admitted while standing alongside his award-winning cast members at the 2013 Emmy Awards that, “You have hopes and dreams, but I never even thought this show would go on the air.” The renowned creator of this hit series brilliantly pieced together a dark world filled with cartel, crime, and crystal meth. Thanks to the flawless acting, the surreal mix of scientific fact paired with creative vision, and the immensely engaging characters, there is no doubt that Breaking Bad stands as the single dominating modern-day television series America has to offer.
The title of the book is All The King’s Men and the Publication date for this book is 1996.
...historical background set forth in the film, with the broad details of the attempted rebellion propelled by Queen Eleanor and led by Richard and Geoffrey are accurate, as is the attempt by Philip of France to undermine the Angevin Empire to regain the provinces acquired by Henry through his marriage to Eleanor. As depicted in the film, the indecision, faced by Henry II in attempting to determine which son to name as successor resulted from his desire to have the empire that he had created remain intact, rather than dividing the empire between his sons and this, in turn, led to the fracturing of both family and political cohesion, leaving the empire vulnerable to outside forces. Both Richard and John eventually ruled the empire, supported and influenced by their mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was released from her Salisbury prison upon the death of King Henry II.
What lies in the world of politics is a world of fear. Or so for the ones who cross Francis Underwood, the main character in the Netflix original series, House of Cards. As season one starts off, Francis Underwood captures the true essence of what the entire show is about, “There are two kinds of pain. The sort of pain that makes you strong, or useless pain. The sort of pain that's only suffering. I have no patience for useless things”(Script: reddit.com). As he finishes this line he brutally kills a dog lying on the street, who had just been injured after being hit by a car. He continues on, “Moments like this require someone like me. Someone who will act. Who will do what no one else has the courage to do. The unpleasant thing. The necessary thing” (Script: reddit.com). Through persuasion, manipulation and down right corrupt politics, House of Cards displays a unique spin on the world in Washington, one that some may believe not to be far from the truth.
“Do you know what time it is?” the king yells, climbing out of bed. He yawns. His eyes were red from tiredness. His body move at a sluggish pace. He woke at the slightest of sound, and barely had one hour of unbroken slumber. “How dare you enter unannounced,” he barks. Ever since Prince Gabriel Wylie attacked him, the king does not feel safe in his home anymore. Even with several of his Kingsman, including First Commander Tocharian, standing
“Year after year, twenty-something women come to New York City in search of the two L's: labels and love” is the very catchy line that opens the film with Fergie’s ‘Labels or Love’ as the soundtrack and The Big Apple as its introductory shot. The scaling deduced from the bird’s eye-view-point of New York City, showing its Metropolitan atmosphere with skyscrapers and the famous Brooklyn Bridge; to the urbanites of the City; then to the lead actors of the film. A fifteen year-old girl watches the film, mesmerizing the ecstatic city while admiring the skinny white bodies of the ladies. And last but never forgotten, she gets carried away with the funky upbeat rhythm of the song emphasizing “Gucci, Fendi, [and] Prada . . .” That is the introduction of Sex and the City and the focus of its cinematography. With its elements, the movie can honestly influence teenage girls. Yet as much as critics such as Maya Gordon of Psychology of Women Quarterly say how media contributes to the sexual objectification and values women “based on their appearance,” this film should be an exemption.