I agree, a lot Jaime's "guilt" is all about oath-breaking. But isn't more honourable to break some vows than to keep them? One of my friends has a lovey post where it is argued that some vows are not meant to keep.
Westeros is so much about the way things look, not about the way things are. It is just what Sandor Clegane keeps saying - there are no true knights, everyone is has done something that is not honourable, it is impossible not to! I think this is one of the main themes for Martin - that things are not the way they seems, including the vows, that there some vows that have to be broken and that you have to have your personal mortal compass, not blindly rely of your vows.
But yes, Brienne is one true knight, I wonder where Martin is going to go with this idea. Will she ever be put in in a situation where she has to break her vows. One my friends is afraid that at the end of A feast for Crows she is about to make an oath to Catlyn that she will kill Jaime. Killing Jaime just because of an oath won't be right, will it?
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Date: 2011-07-05 02:47 pm (UTC)Westeros is so much about the way things look, not about the way things are. It is just what Sandor Clegane keeps saying - there are no true knights, everyone is has done something that is not honourable, it is impossible not to! I think this is one of the main themes for Martin - that things are not the way they seems, including the vows, that there some vows that have to be broken and that you have to have your personal mortal compass, not blindly rely of your vows.
But yes, Brienne is one true knight, I wonder where Martin is going to go with this idea. Will she ever be put in in a situation where she has to break her vows. One my friends is afraid that at the end of A feast for Crows she is about to make an oath to Catlyn that she will kill Jaime. Killing Jaime just because of an oath won't be right, will it?