An analysis of four major Game of Thrones characters.

1. Ned Stark
In the face of political tension, intrigue, and injustice, Ned struggles to remain
virtuous, and by the end of the book he must reconsider what virtue means to him.
He starts to see the importance of moral and practical compromises, though perhaps
too late. His name, Stark, is an indication of his incompatibility with such
compromises. Something stark is simple, severe, and rigid, like Ned’s initial
boundaries between right and wrong. When the book starts he considers duty and
justice to be one and the same. But as the story progresses, Ned finds himself in
situations where loyalty and duty are at odds with his own sense of virtue, as when
Robert’s demand that Ned consent to having Daenerys Targaryen and her unborn
child assassinated. Ned is disgusted with these moral compromises, but by the end
of the story he recognizes that politics demands sometimes dishonest acts to
achieve a just end, as when he asks Littlefinger to bribe the Gold Cloaks to obtain
their backing against the Lannisters. Ned is a stereotypical honorable, law bringing
lord who looks after his people and serves justice where it belongs, however most
men of the series go to the brothel and sire many bastards which is seen as
acceptable even if hr man is married. Ned, however, believes in keeping his wedding
vows of loving only his wife even though he doesn't truly love her, this keeps his
stereotypical honor bound character even more back story and emphasizes how
honor bound he is.
Daenerys Targaryen
Over the course of her story, Daenerys grows from a girl into a woman, and in the process
becomes more of a true Targaryen as she becomes increasingly ambitious and vengeful. At the
outset Daenerys is motivated only by a desire to go home to the house where she has spent
most of her life in exile from Westeros, which she left as an infant. But her experiences as a
khalisi (queen) among the Dothrakis give her confidence and make her more commanding and
self-assured. At the end of the story, she no longer wishes to return and instead is ready to move
on, literally repeating to herself that if she looks back she is lost. She prepares to leave the east
and return to Westeros with an army, much as the ancient Targaryens left the Doom of Valyria to
conquer Westeros. Daenerys also becomes vengeful. Initially, she fears Viserys and other
people who would harm her. At the end of the story, Daenerys swears by every god she can
think of that her enemies will die screaming. In the final chapter, Daenerys even embodies the
words of House Targaryen, “Fire and Blood.” Daenerys is not your stereotypical women in the a
medieval ages style world as usually when her husband died she would be useless to the people
as the time thinking was that women cant lead but she does. She is a powerful women and
leader that no one would mess with and that is a strange thing in the world Game of Thrones a
women doesn't lead armies whilst DAenerys does so that is how she is an un-stereotypical
women.
Jon Snow
Jon begins as something of a permanent outsider, but over the course of the story
he finds his place in the Night’s Watch. Because he is not a legitimate son of Ned
Stark, he is not fully part of the Stark family. Moreover, because he grew up relatively

2. wealthy and educated, he is considered privileged and different by the other new
recruits of the Night’s Watch. As a result, however, Jon is very independent and
knows how to fend for himself, traits that ultimately allow him to feel assured enough
to differ from his peers when he feels they are in the wrong. Much like Ned and
Robb, Jon is surprised to find responsibilities thrust upon him as he becomes a
leader among the new recruits at the Wall. Unlike his family, Jon has earned these
responsibilities rather than received them as a result of his noble heritage. Jon leads
without pride and without thought for himself, and he proves a wise and natural
leader from the start of the novel. His argument and self-deprecation persuade Ned
to spare the direwolf pups, for example. Later, he persuades his friends and Maester
Aemon to be easier on Sam and to see what value he does have rather than
focusing on Sam’s shortcomings. His skills with a sword earn him promotion, and his
wisdom and devotion to others earns him a place as Commander Mormont’s
successor-in-training. Even when Jon considers desertion, it is only for the good of
Robb and others, and not for personal gain. Jon is the typical knight in shining armor
type and hero as he generally comes to the rescue of his fellow comrades but he
falls in love who is on the enemy's side. Conflicted with duty and love he is given the
chance to kill his love however he chooses not and allows his love to kill him in battle
instead. This shows how stereotypical of a good man Jon is as he chooses death
and not hurting his love rather hilling to survive which is what most men would of
done in the world Game of Thrones.
Cersei Lannister
Cersei Lanniter is your stereotypical dubious blonde as she is manipulating, dubious,
deadly and not to be messed with as she has power which she uses to kill off
anyone who tries to stop or kill her or her children an brother. She has to brother yet
she hates the one, Tyrion, and would let Tyrion die for no reason if she could and
that is how ruthless she is. She loves to play the sweet innocent women who no man
would hurt because she is so innocent but we all know she is just manipulating. To
her it is her and her children against the world as she doesn't trust anyone but most
of her family which again is very un stereotypical for women in that day and age as
she is taking matter into her own hands.