Only The Good Die Young: The Moral Universe of Game of Thrones
…played Boromir in the film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, plays the central protagonist of the first season—in so far as a protagonist can exist in such a series. In place of the aggressive and easily corrupted Boromir, Bean cultivates an honorable and selfless highborn in his portrayal of Lord Eddard Stark, the newly appointed Hand of the King. If there is a clear paradigm for understanding the distinction between Tolkien’s Christian ideal…
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