Contrast and ComparisonIn the Game of Thrones series, our perception of women is constantly changing. At first we learn that women are, on the whole, more the property of men and certainly posses less power than their male counter-parts. But as the series develop our understanding of (the main) women characters change and we see them all develop their own kind of power.
Sansa 1. Pre season 4 - Sansa seems to be like a lost little girl who people are constantly trying to take advantage of, due to her name, and the power that it holds in the North. Season 4 and afterwards - She begins to think for herself - picking up traits from the various men she encounters and becoming her own independent person with her own agenda. Cersei 2. Before the season 6 finale, she used the mountain and various manipulation tactics do win her battles. Season 6 finale - she kills all of her enemies at once using her own planning and wildfire. showing the difference in power from her using passive power through the mountain and her position to her actually planning and killing her enemies herself. |