For my digital essay I decided to use a song from the HBO show Game Of Thrones. This song is titled “The Rains Of Castamere” and is by The National. It speaks of An old Lord and family that once existed in westeros but rebelled and were eradicated by Tywin Lannister. As you can hear it is a very mellow and sad sounding song, especially the instrumental part. I chose to use this song because I believe it relates a lot to the poem and my essay. For example, the song seems to be telling a story with each line, similar to “The Day Lady Died”. In the poem, O’Hara tells the story of his mundane routine and the passing of time with each verse, and the song tells the story of this conflict with each verse as well, and I tell that story with pictures. Like Quintus Horatius Flaccus, or Horace, once said “ A picture is A Poem Without Words”. My thesis for my paper is about death and how it unifies us and puts a holt in our otherwise ordinary days. This song and video relate to it because as you can see from the song even a Lord must face death, regardless of his position in society. I settled on this project because it made sense to me in my head. Another reason I settled on this song and interpretation of my poem is because the song is sung in the same way “The day Lady Died” is written. Both have a similar format and both suddenly mention death towards the end. They both also talk about the death of someone in a high position in the social ladder and his/her death as well as relate to my thesis. My essay ended up helping me do my digital project, because once I knew what I had to focus on all I had to do was brainstorm for an appropriate idea. I hope that this digital project shows my audience what I see. I hope the audience understands the reference to death and it being for everyone and unbiased.
