Abstract
George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series is replete with characters who engage in sexual misconduct and violence. Yet there are subtleties in the intents and effects of their conduct that grant us, as readers, more than mere titillation: increased insight into his characters and themes. Young considers the characteristics of viewpoint characters in Gothic literature and how they engage the sympathies of the reader.
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Young, Joseph
(2017)
""Enough about Whores": Sexual Characterization in A Song of Ice and Fire,"
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 35
:
No.
2
, Article 4.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol35/iss2/4