Chapter-by-Chapter Analysis: Arya IV, ASOS

Chapter-by-Chapter Analysis: Arya IV, ASOS

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“The lightning lord is everywhere and nowhere, skinny squirrel.”
Synopsis: Arya and the Merry Men go looking for Robin Hood.
SPOILER WARNING: This chapter analysis, and all following, will contain spoilers for all Song of Ice and Fire novels and Game of Thrones episodes. Caveat lector.
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Is there any significance to the BwB using hanging as their preferred method of execution as opposed to beheading?

I think there’s a couple different reasons: 

  1. Hanging is a more plebian way to be executed (historically, beheading was something of a perogative of the nobility) so it fits the BwB’s politics.
  2. Hanging is much easier to carry out, whereas beheading requires both strength and precision; 
  3. Unless you have a long enough drop, hanging is a slow, drawn-out way of executing someone, so it’s way more painful than cutting someone’s head off.  

Chapter-by-Chapter Analysis: Arya III, ASOS

Chapter-by-Chapter Analysis: Arya III, ASOS

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“I could have stayed with Hot Pie. We could have taken the little boat and sailed it up to Riverrun. She had been better off as Squab. No one would take Squab captive, or Nan, or Weasel, or Arry the orphan boy. I was a wolf, she thought, but now I’m just some stupid little lady again.” Synopsis: Arya has two conversations with Harwin, one more honest than the other. SPOILER WARNING: This chapter…

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