In several instance throughout history, women are often subjected to objectification, as well as learning a proper women’s duty. This is demonstrated numerous times throughout different time periods, especially during the fifteenth century. Similar to the medieval age’s history, Game of Thrones has shown multiple instances where women are merely seen as a way to suit a man’s needs, and to be seen and not heard. Overall, Game of Thrones shows striking similarities to the fifteenth century in regards to how women were treated. To begin with, women were typical seen as incompetent during the middle ages. Many were not allowed to occupy powerful ranking jobs, which required a higher education, and often many women were denied. If offered a job, …show more content…
For example, Lady Stark, who is married to Ned Stark, the Lord of Winterfell, is completely reliant on Ned for finical support. She did receive an education because of her stature, but is still dependent on her husband. In the book, after Brandon, Lady Stark’s son, falls off the broken tower, she stayed by his bed for two weeks attending to his needs. “She had been there, day and night, for close on a fortnight” (Martin 77). She fed him honey and water to sustain his heartbeat. Ned was rarely there to visit their son. Even thought Ned Stark should be there to help his son recover, his has other duties to attend to, to help his …show more content…
Early in the book, from the viewpoint of Arya, Sansa’s younger sister, Sansa is a master of sewing, and Arya could not compare to her. “Sansa could sew and dance and sing. She wrote poetry. She knew how to dress. She played the high harps and the bells. Worse, she was beautiful” (Martin 59). Sansa presents the proper image of how lady should be. Often, Arya is scolded for not being able to fit into the cookie-cutter mold her mother would liker her to be. She would rather be learning to fight and be playing along side the other boys. Again, like her mother, Sansa is supposed to marry prince Joffrey by the orders of Robert Baratheon, the ruler over the seven kingdoms. “I have a son. You have a daughter. My Joff and your Sansa shall join our houses, as Lyanna and I might once have done” (Martin