<em>Game of Thrones</em> Failed Cersei
This article contains spoilers through Season 8 Episode 5 of Game of Thrones.
In his A Song of Ice and Fire series, George R. R. Martin frames every chapter around the perspective of a single character. This strategy not only helps him build out his complex world, but also captures the conflicting, multifaceted interests of the story’s key players.
Cersei Lannister, despite being one of those key players, doesn’t receive a point-of-view chapter until , the fourth volume. In this first glimpse inside her head, which takes place during the funeral for her father, Tywin, her thoughts pinball wildly: She conjures insults she wishes she could direct at the attendees, expresses annoyance at having to mourn in front of the smallfolk, and dotes on her remaining son, Tommen—all topics anyone in Westeros would have
