• Maria Thomas

Women, since time immemorial has been regarded as a substandard individual whose destiny was decided by the men in her life, society and religion. Her roles were confined to the domestic space and predominantly controlled by her biological ability to rear children. Times have certainly changed for the better and women are stepping out their homes and into the world, taking up jobs that were once reserved for men. This paper aims to analyse how this change has affected writers in depicting their women characters. Through the methods of comparative analysis, the leading women characters of two major works namely Macbeth by Shakespeare and Game of Thrones, inspired by George R.R Martin’s fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire are studies. They are put side by side and studied to see how their characterisation, by two men of two different ages have differed. This paper attempts to see if the day and age in which they lived have affected their perceptions about women, femininity and their roles in the society.

Lady Macbeth, Lady Macduff, Cersei Lannister, Lady Catelyn Stark, gender roles, masculinity, femininity, power, ambition, comparative analysis.

"Queens, Ladies and Mothers: A Comparative Analysis of Macbeth and Game of Thrones", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.256-267, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905J40.pdf

"Queens, Ladies and Mothers: A Comparative Analysis of Macbeth and Game of Thrones", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp256-267, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905J40.pdf