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From Little Princess to Mother of Dragons: Daenerys Targaryen’s Heroine’s Journey
Heroic Transformation: How Heroes Change Themselves and the World (2019)
  • Hallie M. Whiting, University of Richmond
Abstract
In Game of Thrones, Daenerys Targaryen’s name contains almost all of her life: Daenerys of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons (Daenerys Targaryen, 2017). While the lengthiness of her name certainly speaks to her ability as a conqueror and ruler, it does not do her life story justice. Daenerys serves as a heroine to not only the fictional world which she lives in but also to the reality in which we admire her. The purpose of this chapter is to offer an analysis of the heroine’s transformation of Daenerys Targaryen, drawing from the literature of heroism science.
Keywords
  • Daenerys Targaryen,
  • Game of Thrones,
  • Daenerys Targaryen hero,
  • Game of Thrones hero
Publication Date
2019
Publisher
Palsgrove
Citation Information
Hallie M. Whiting. "From Little Princess to Mother of Dragons: Daenerys Targaryen’s Heroine’s Journey" Heroic Transformation: How Heroes Change Themselves and the World (2019)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/scott_allison/84/