Representation of Gender

In the extract from Game of Thrones in which the main female protagonist uses her power to gain an army, traits of both a sexy and lesbian women are shown. The sexy woman trait sees women as being more powerful than other women and using other men to get what she wants. This is shown through the protagonist, as she used the powerful slaver to get an army. Moreover, the low angle that looks up at her also portrays her as being very powerful and superior to those around her. Also, the mise en scene of her posture and confidence when she walks and talks show her as being fully in control of herself and reinforces the sexy woman trait of being manipulative towards men and being more powerful than others would perceive her to be. Furthermore, the lesbian woman trait is also very clear through the female protagonist of the scene. Lesbian women have traits of having masculine roles and hating men. This is very true in this scene. For example, the female protagonist has clear hate towards the slavers, especially the one which takes her dragon. Moreover through this scene, the audience get a sense that she does not rely on men to get what she really wants and that she is her own boss. The lesbian female trait of having masculine roles is also true in this scene when the protagonist acquires an army at the end of the scene. This role is very outside of the stereotypical traits of the traditional woman of the time. This role along with the confident and powerful physique portrays the female protagonist as being the breaker of stereotypes and far from a traditional woman. The diegetic dialogue of the slaver when he shows his surprise at her being able to speak the language of Valyrian, this suggests the defiance that the female protagonist has towards typical woman stereotypes an interpretations.The portrayal of the female protagonist in the scene also goes against Laura Mulveys theory of the male gaze, where the women are perceived from the point of view of men and showing them as objects of male pleasure. Here instead of being on the screen to please men aesthetically, the protagonist is shown as power and hating men. Therefore the concept of the female protagonist in Game of Thrones goes against stereotypical ideas about women in the media.