The question of why Daenerys went crazy can be answered with the help of symbols

Colours and objects in the TV series are symbols (egg, bone, up, down, comet, white and black colours), their meanings help to see encrypted true meaning of the TV series «Game of Thrones» and answer the question why Daenerys has gone mad and wears a black dress.

The peculiarity of the TV series is that it shows two contradictory plots at the same time: an external emotional plot creates a false opinion that Daenerys is acting correctly and will succeed, but it is more interesting to see an internal factual plot expressed by symbols, which show that Daenerys makes mistakes, so she is not moving to victory, but to defeat in the game, that is, to death. Solving symbols is semiotic analysis.

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Colours and objects in the TV series are symbols. White (light) color is a symbol of truth and purity. Black colour is a symbol of blindness, not vision, madness. An egg is a symbol of beginning. A bone is a symbol of end.

At the beginning of the TV series, Daenerys is dressed in a white dress and receives a symbol – an egg, as she gives rise to a new generation of dragons. With the fascinating emotional plot in which she wants to save everyone, the authors form a viewer’s false opinion that Daenerys is a positive character.

However, by symbols the authors show the factual plot that contradicts this: Daenerys’s egg is black, which symbolizes the beginning of her blindness and madness as a result of excessive faith in herself and her destiny. This is confirmed by the words of the characters:

Tyrion: “She’s a girl who walked into a fire with tree stones and walked out with three dragons. How could she not believe in destiny?” Daenerys: “Do you know what kept me standing through all those years in exile? Faith. Not in any gods, not in myths and legends. In myself. In Daenerys Targaryen.” Daenerys: “I was born to rule the Seven Kingdoms, and I will.” Daenerys: “I’m here to free the world from tyrants. That is my destiny.” Varys: “Perhaps that’s the problem. Her life hs convinced her that she was sent here to save us all.” Varys: “I’ve served tyrants most of my life. They all talk about destiny.” 

Daenerys burns people alive, gradually becoming a mad tyrant, like her father. Ser Barristan: “The Mad King gave his enemies the justice he thought thy desrved. And each time, it made him feel powerful and right. Until the very end.”

The characters in the TV series are symbolized by animals, a symbol of Daenerys as a Targaryen is the black dragon Drogon, who is growing, just like Daenerys’ madness. Varys: “I worry about her state of mind.”

At the end of the sixth season, the authors create a false opinion that Daenerys, having gathered a huge army, has achieved success. However, at the same time, the black color of the clothes shows the fact: Daenerys is not moving to victory in the game, but to defeat. The same is shown by the downward movement when making the decision. Downward movement is a symbol of erroneous actions.

Dragons die, so Daenerys receives the symbol of the end – a bone.

So, with symbols – black color, downward movement, bone – the authors show the factual plot: Daenerys is gradually going to defeat, does not save anyone and loses.

The peculiarity of the TV series is that it shows two contradictory plots at the same time: an external emotional and an internal factual one:

A viewer watches an external emotional plot (emotion-inducing content, opinion)

It is more important and interesting to see an internal factual plot (form expressed by symbols, facts)

A viewer watches the external plot, emotion-inducing content, with the help of which the authors form a false opinion about the characters and events that absorb all the attention. But it is more important to see the internal form expressed by symbols, which shows the factual plot — this is the logic. Symbols’ logic, with the help of which it is possible to see the facts behind the emotions. Syrio Forel: “Watching is not seeing”.

To see the factual plot and understand the true meaning of the TV series, you need to decipher the meanings of signs and symbols,

such as: flying, up, down, right, left, fire, smoke, feather, ice, bath, ship, salt, water, pointy end, meat, food, wine, song, dance, flower, book, key, door, chains, reflection, tree, stone, sand, comet, lantern, hand, iron, sword, shield, bow, spear, helmet, crown, scales, hammer and many others.

Colours and text (words and phrases of characters, inscriptions, lyrics and the like) also have hidden meanings. For example, they can explain the symbols: Osha: “The red comet means one thing, boy… dragons”.

The red comet is a symbol of dragons.

Although at the end of the TV series Daenerys loses the game and dies, her symbol – the dragon Drogon — is alive and carries her up. What does this mean? Upward movement is a symbol of right actions. Where Did Drogon take dead Daenerys?