From an undead creature we are prepared to expect unspeakable cruelty. From a human being we are not. A case could probably even be made that Gregor has become less monstrous by becoming a mindless torture zombie. If we compare all three stories, we see that they are all about individuals from an intellectual elite — the creators of the monsters — pushing the limits of their social milieu and ultimately becoming guilty of hubris.
But how they come by this hubris, and their fates afterwards, are vastly different. Qyburn is a highly skilled Citadel outcast who joined a mercenary company, and an infamous one at that, to have more freedom in his study of the living human body. The hubris of all three creators results in a flawed creature.
All three creatures carry defects that mark them as less then perfect. Ser Robert Strong and the Golem are mute, while the wretch, as we have seen, becomes ugly in the exact moment he comes alive.
Human life created by humans outside of the natural chain of sexual reproduction proves to be not quite on par with human life as we know it, whoever we believe to be its creator. This is most clear in the case of Victor Frankenstein and his wretch. In the case of the Golem of Prague, we see it as a lack of common sense that leads to the Golem running amok, eerily resembling an artificial intelligence out of control.
Robert Strong is as flawed as the other two, yet there is an important difference. Qyburn never set out to imitate human life perfectly. He set out to experiment. At some point, he set out to create a human-shaped tool, not unlike the Golem, but minus the lofty ideals. He not only accepted but embraced the possibility that he was creating a monster — a broken, dangerous creature.
With Qyburn, there are no delusions, and there is no affection for his creature. Can we imagine Qyburn looking at his creature and being shocked when he realized what he had done? Can we imagine him running and hiding from the presence of it? No, we cannot, I think. One could argue that this gives us a clue as to what we can expect from Ser Robert Strong and Qyburn in the future. Qyburn is probably in a position to avoid what happened to Victor Frankenstein, who dies while hunting his creature in the Arctic.
Rabbi Loew also comes close to catastrophe when his Golem starts to run through the city destroying everything in his way. Qyburn should be able to steer clear of any kind of disaster happening due to his creature getting out of control, because he has shown no scruples. In the end, all three monsters show us not an unspeakable evil or horror beyond human comprehension, but rather a horror whose evilness is confined to what humans are capable of. The Golem is a blank slate, an automaton that executes whatever task it is given.
Like with an AI gone rogue, the only ones to blame are the creators and their hubris. Frankenstein is a study in what happens to a human being if it looks sufficiently different to be singled out. Gentleness, eloquence and humanity do the creature no good once people behold his appearance. We find a tale of horror resulting from superficiality as much as one of horror resulting from hubris.
The story of Ser Robert Strong, which is just a small part of the much bigger story we all know and love, comes with a slight twist to the formula.
Also striking is that Gregor Clegane becomes arguably less evil and probably even less of a monster when he becomes Ser Robert Strong. Gregor Clegane, the human being, is worse than Ser Robert Strong, the undead abomination.
These monsters are indeed our children, as we are ourselves capable of monstrosity. In: Idem: Monster Theory. Reading Culture, Minneapolis , p. Martin, George R. What we do get is the information that he is dying of poison very slowly and later that his head was sent to Dorne in the books. We do not know for sure, if Qyburn speaks the truth or if the head is the real thing. In the show, the head is still in place. I don't know. I don't really understand why the witch would make the point of telling cercei that it would be a little brother unless it was her little brother I had briefly entertained the thought that it was hodor, but even he isn't big enough to be ser robert, I don't think Robb would make sense for hodor.
Ser Robert being dead like the most prominent. Aug 26, AM. His armor is so heavy that no ordinary man would be able to move, let alone fight effectively while wearing it, making him nigh-invincible in combat.
Even Bran has no sword or fight experience. Hodor is beyond the wall with Bran, how could he be walking around King's Landing as a Whitecloak? Aug 27, AM. I think that is a small part of why the books are so engaging; you have an enormously detailed story, yet it's still fantasy and there are still aspects that are intentionally left blank or vague.
Sep 01, PM. I don't think Gregor was resurrected like Catelyn, the whole red priest way. And I don't think it was a last minute decision for Qyburn to 'bring him back', as I'm pretty sure they requested a very large suit of armor long before this. Sep 06, AM. Here's a theory that fits everything big size,Gregor's head in Dorne,not speaking. Gregor with Ned's head minus the tongue.
Jul 16, AM. I doubt it to, just throwing out theories. Anything is possible with the GRUM. It is a frankenstein creation by Qyburn. The Q man had in his experiments besides Gregor, the puppeters, a maid, a noblewoman and anybody else in flea bottom. They killed Rob Stark and removed his head to ship to the Lannisters. They sewed the wolf's head on his body.
What if they sent The Mountain's head to Dorne and had Rob's head sewn on the The Mountain's body so Qyburn could re-animate it as a slave soldier? Critta wrote: "They killed Rob Stark and removed his head to ship to the Lannisters.
Everything he writes is cleverly calculated to make his audience feel shock and awe. Mar 03, AM. They did explain this in A Dance with Dragons , didn't they? To my knowledge, they strongly hinted that Qyburn was experimenting with something dark, and that Strong was the end result and Clegane's body provided the raw material. So yes, I would definitely agree with everyone who has said that he is basically a Frankenstein-type resurrection of Gregor. Mar 14, PM. The Mountain.
Qyburn was 'attending' to him during his excruciating 'death'. If Catelyn Lady Stoneheart is walking around, the Mountain could be too Lady Stoneheart never says a word either. Actually, Lady Stoneheart does speak, but only the Brothers without Banners can understand her because of her wounds.
She speaks to Brienne, whose ear is not attuned to Stoneheart's guttural speech, but I believe it is Lem who translate for her. Apr 12, PM. But, I also like the idea that Quyburn is a necromancer controlling a headless Mecha-Celgane death machine. Add a reference: Book Author. Search for a book to add a reference.
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