Exploring the female themes in Game of Thrones season 6. Edited by Jennifer Hahn. (video link)
There was something gnawing at me after so many critics panned the first episode of Game of Thrones season 6. Many considered it "boring" or "tedious" since there was so much exposition, and some felt the season was headed nowhere. I realized a few episodes in what that pestering feeling was—EACH STORYLINE IS ABOUT A STRONG WOMAN. If that’s "tedious," I’m all for the bland.
This is a logical story progression, not a plot to pander to a sense of diversity. If you consider what Joseph Campbell has written about the structure of epic stories, you'll start to see what’s going on here. Emerging from the bloody battles and men on the many thrones of power, each storyline has seen a strong heroine prevail or at least scheme to dominate her opposition. What we're seeing here is the classic Campbellian emergence of the mother—the ethos of nature, life, and resurrection—rising to fight the darkness, the winter, and the ruin in this hero cycle. In this video, we explore each storyline and track the journey of this female ethos.
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