Brothers are linked by blood, but often not by personality. As it is in reality, so it is in A Song of Ice and Fire. Lineage and the bonds of kin link men and women who share few common traits together, and even when the paths of life turn a friend into a stranger, a brother into a foe, there persists a deeper connection. No men could be more different than brothers Stannis and Renly Baratheon. Though they grew up together and watched their older brother turn from an ambitious lord into a hedonistic king, Stannis and Renly veered far off course from one another. When war broke out in Westeros, both claimed the throne, and at an unsuccessful meeting outside the walls of their home, Renly offered Stannis the gift of a simple peach. Hello everyone, and welcome back to Exploring Fiction. Renly’s peach served an important role in the narrative, especially in A Clash of Kings, one much deeper than what it seemed on the surface. The peach signified Renly’s sweet, pleasurable life, and Stannis’s rejection of it displayed the coldness of his heart and the sternness of his iron will. After their meeting, the brothers were victim and perpetrator of unforgivable deeds, and the peach served as a token and memory of their blatant disparities. So, what exactly is Renly’s Peach, and what is its significance in the story? Let’s explore…
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0:00 Introduction
1:59 Renly's Peach
4:31 Analysis
7:45 Conclusion
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Music:
Beyond the Horizon - Alexander Nakarada
Sad Cinematic - Liborio Conti
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