Honor or family, that is the question

Bill 2022-04-23 07:01:04

Finally finished the first season. The discussion on the values ​​of honor and family, human affection, big love and little love in the play is quite good. But the drama and intrigue are a bit dull. Hence only four stars.

The integrity of the Stark family is a kind of silly integrity. First of all, Ned came to King's Landing to be the former Prime Minister, and the last one just died strangely. He was sitting in such a dangerous position surrounded by wolves, almost zero cronies and zero confidants took office, and he believed it when a little finger came up. Finally, it was found that there was a problem with Joffery's bloodline, and he said to Cersei, "Hey, I know you have greened my brother. When my brother comes back, I will tell him. I will tell you in advance to give you a chance to run away." Cersei Should I say thank you? ? ? Such a woman from a noble family who has been forbearing for many years, has been a high-ranking king and is suspected of murdering the former prime minister, does Stark really think she will obediently pack up and run away with her son? ? ? Secondly, his wife caught the little devil when she saw a knife. One is incapable of forcing him to plead guilty, and the other is not considering the consequences. He took the little devil and ran to his sister, hoping that his sister, who had murdered her husband with Lannister, could find out the matter. Whether it was to vent his anger or really want to find out how his son fell down, only God knows. Several key plot turning points are not too unexpected. If the plot was a little more complicated, it would be five stars.

The absurdity of King Robert's method of death is comparable to that of Ying Dang, who died with a cauldron. Another story of a dragon slayer who turns into a dragon. This story tells us that marrying a woman we don't love for the sake of our country will ruin our country in the future. After all, it is quite easy for the person beside the pillow to have a crooked mind. Cersei should have really loved him, otherwise he wouldn't have been brooding about Ned's sister for so long. Maybe women are obsessed with saying, have you ever loved me?

The wolf family style is indeed the best. Somehow out of Sansa this stupid and unwilling guy. Arya is full of heroic spirit, and you can see some signs of feminism in her body. Several sons are still calm and calm, brother and brother Gong. Ned is indeed a good father. The children support almost everything they want to do, and finally choose family between honor and family. It's just that Joffery went mad and chose the latter between peace and chaos. Very cold emperor's style. This Joffery's mother-son relationship with my mother is also clear enough. The relationship between the father, son and brother of the Lions is quite distorted, and he satirized the family relationship of the rich. Poor little devil. The character of the little devil is my favorite in the whole play. Smart, see through, don't feel sorry for yourself, and don't do bad things. It's really cute to be knocked out by a hammer just on the battlefield. His father, Tyrion, waited until Ned died and listened to the little devil's casual analysis before he suddenly realized that my dwarf son's brain is quite good. Haven't your father and son been silent for decades?

Long Ma's acting is a bit blunt, but her line is well written. A woman from a feudal society learns how to be a king in a slave society. Seriously don't understand why she fell in love with Khal Drogo, just like I don't understand why Sansa fell in love with Joffery. The writers seem to think that women don't need a reason to fall in love with a man in power. Of course, Long Ma's love is much more down-to-earth and truer than Sansa's. The cremation scene is very mysterious. Of course, it's even more mysterious for the plug-ins of not afraid of fire and hatching dragons. Her brother is mentally retarded. Even if you are a professional selling girl, you have to tell everyone, including his sister, that I am a professional selling girl! ! ! There is no reason to die.

My favorite scene in the whole play is when the old man from Targaryen's house on the edge of the e8 Great Wall slowly told Jon Snow the story of his family's destruction. He said

What is honor compared to a woman's love?
And what is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms or a brother's smile?
We're human. We all do our duty when there's no cost to it. Honor comes easy then. Yet sooner or later in every man's life there comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose.

There are many things in the world that cannot be both. People always face many difficult choices. What's more difficult is that many times you think you have the right to choose, but in fact you have no choice.

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Game of Thrones quotes

  • Stannis Baratheon: We march to victory, or we march to defeat. But we go forward. Only forward.

  • Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish: The realm. Do you know what the realm is? It's the thousand blades of Aegon's enemies. A story we agree to tell each other over and over until we forget that it's a lie.

    Lord Varys: But what do we have left once we abandon the lie? Chaos? A gaping pit waiting to swallow us all.

    Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish: Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb; they refuse. They cling to the realm or the gods or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.