ENGL 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: List Of A Song Of Ice And Fire Characters, Tywin Lannister
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Henry 6th: pious, but not a good ruler, co(cid:373)pared to (cid:862)the mad ki(cid:374)g(cid:863, before reform, aerys targaryen. Richard 3rd: followed and support brother rather than become king, beset by political and economic issues (bad timing to be king, stannis(got), composite of the throne. Henry 7th: represents daenerys, restoring the mess from henry 6th, the red drago(cid:374)(cid:863) Return of a lineage, a historical past. Warwick the kingmaker: represented powerbrokers, represented by the lannister (support for the king, tywin lannister: invested in the climbing of the social ladder. Leaving something in the world, fear of being forgotten, death. Representing two different sides of the reformation. 1401: sanctioning of burning heretics: do not want religious dissenters in a functioning society, dominican: black friars, franciscan: red friars (red women)
