Heroína: a jornada da personagem Arya na série de televisão Game of Thrones

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the path of the character Arya Stark from the television series Game of Thrones (2011-2019). As methodology, I applied the heroine cycle created by Maureen Murdock in The Journey of the Heroine (1999) Maureen Murdock created the heroine’s journey cycle in parallel to that of the writer Joseph Campbell, author of the book The Hero of a Thousand Faces (1949), and creator of the hero's journey. Having that in mind, Murdock disagrees with Campbell's opinion, which stated that the woman did not need to do the journey because it would be the hero's final triumph; she decided to create a journey that contemplated and represented the female psyche’s journey. I chose to develop an analysis by inserting the character Arya Stark in this journey, analyzing each episode present in the series in which the character appears, applying the journey cycle to her. Arya Stark ended up becoming one of the strongest and most present characters throughout the series, ending up saving everyone by killing the Night King. Finally, I conclude that Arya Stark not only went through all the stages present in the heroine’s cycle but also concluded successfully the heroine’s journey becoming one of the most emblematic characters of the series.