What good is it to wear a crown? The gods mock the payers of kings and cowards alike. When he meets Robert, the entourage that follows him nearly breaks the bank of Winterfell this leads Ned to believe the king’s presence in a realm holds more weight than anything or anyone.
In the story, Robert Baratheon journeys to Winterfell to meet his sworn brother and friend, Ned Stark. The quote above propels and exalts the power of a king. Martin’s story, the king is the ultimate power. The quote above explains fear and also talks about the danger that lies in the future.Ī king is a crucial person in any kingdom, and in George R. Old Nan knew of the emergence of the White Walkers, creatures that feast in the winter, and she tells Bran about it, asking him if he knew the consequence of winter. She knew the long night and the icy cold wind that came with the winter and how unforgiving it was. As one of the oldest people in Winterfell, Old Nan had seen the winter and knew what it better than anyone. He tells her he prefers stories of fear, and she talks to him about fear. When Bran gets paralyzed, he becomes irritated by Old Nan’s stories and requests she tells him a scary one. Fear is for the long night, when the sun hides its face for years at a time, and little children are born and live and die all in darkness while the direwolves grow gaunt and hungry, and the white walkers move through the woods. He tells her that Septa Mordane and Sansa do not hate her, and she should not hate them but stick together with them and fight against the enemy when it rises.įear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snow falls a hundred feet deep and the ice winds come howling out of the North. Ned then tells Arya that she should not hate her sister because family is the only thing that matters in the end. He tells her a fable about the lone wolf who thinks it can survive the winter alone dies, but the pack that sticks together survives because it uses the collective strength of unity. When Ned tries to lift Arya’s spirit, he tells her about how the winter is coming. When Arya fights with Joffrey Baratheon and her friend, Mycah, gets killed, she becomes hateful towards everyone, including her sister, Sansa, who she feels is a betrayer. The quote above talks about how unity makes a family weather the storm. You need her, as she needs you … and I need both of you, gods help me. You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. Septa Mordane is a good woman, and Sansa … Sansa is your sister.
So, if you must hate, Arya, hate those who would truly do us harm. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths. When the snow falls and the white wind blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.
Let me tell you something about wolves, child. The quote’s exaggeration makes the winter a dreadful beast that should never get taken for granted lest it shreds one to pieces. When Robert visits Winterfell in the summer, it is cold, but the strangest and scariest part of the cold is that it will only worsen when the winter comes. The quote above intricately uses hyperbolic and personified expressions to create a sense of caliber around the dread of the winter. They say it grows so cold up here in the winter that a man’s laughter freezes in his throat and choaks him to death. Because the novel begins in the time of summer, many characters have no idea what winter does. ‘Winter is coming’ soon became the motto of the Starks as they used it to warn themselves of the dangers that come with the dark, cold, and unforgiving winter. The quote above is one of the most used in ‘A Game of Thrones.’ Throughout the story, there is a sound of alarm for the coming winter, and the characters propel and give weight to that alarm by consistently saying it.
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