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Human Monsters Final: DragonsMain MenuFamous Dragons and Human MonstrosityThe Role of DragonsDragons provide a multitude of characters and are used as monsters and villains in entirely different waysSmaugMushuDrogonDragon (Shrek)Samuel Sheppard829839f712885be30b402c7df0c7f2f6632974ff
Drogons rescue
1media/966360062e67d8bd5838577d4d6aa984.jpg2020-05-14T19:39:30-07:00Samuel Sheppard829839f712885be30b402c7df0c7f2f6632974ff371852plain2020-05-14T19:49:28-07:00Samuel Sheppard829839f712885be30b402c7df0c7f2f6632974ffIn Game of Thrones season 5 episode 9 Daenerys is attacked by the Sons of the Harpy in an attempt to regain control of Mereen. Drogon comes to his mothers aid and protects her from the assassins and killing many of them before taking off with her on his back. Drogon sets her down in a burnt field full of livestock carcasses. Albeit monsters, dragons are presented very differently in Game of Thrones where at this point Drogon is like a misbehaving son to Daenerys. Drogon here is used as the saviour while humans are depicted as the monster in an exciting role reversal. The humans are greedy and power hungry, both abhorrent qualities that result in the former Masters uprising to reinstitute slavery in their city. Here humans are the dragon where instead of gold, they hoard other humans.
1media/NCF2LUWJYU5MGZIUCXFGVQ3WIU_thumb.jpg2020-05-14T19:43:45-07:00Drogon protects Daenerys1Drogon attacks the Sons of the Harpy when they attack Daenerysmedia/NCF2LUWJYU5MGZIUCXFGVQ3WIU.jpgplain2020-05-14T19:43:45-07:00