Breaking The Shackles Of Gender In George R.R.Martin’s A Game Of Thrones

Abstract

In the Literal sense, the term gender means the natural difference between men and women. In Literature it mainly talks about the individuals estimated by people on the basis of gender and how they define by their identity. The feminist theorist Judith Butler formulated the existing understandings of gender. The American Philosopher Judith Butler marks a comment about gender is performative. Gender played a vital role in AGame of Thrones. There are lots of women characters in the novel. The paper examined one of the characters in the novel named Arya Stark. She has adopted masculine traits by rejecting femininity. Arya Stark serves as successful examples to demonstrate the access to feminity is not restricted to gender. The objective of the article is to analyze the role of matriarchy. In order to accomplish this objective, the concept of Judith Butler Theory of Gender Performativity is applied. The character has performed masculine action but maintained her femininity.