The original tale is in a 19th-century collection of fairy tales written in German by the Brothers Grimm, who also wrote Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Rumplestiltskin. The Brothers Grimm published their book in 1812, featuring the story of Sneewittchen (Snow White).
Snow is revealed to have been heavily influenced by the nihilistic and misanthropic ideologies of Dr. Gaul. He has no qualms about hurting or killing those he perceives as threats to his power, and is mentioned to have used poison on his political opponents.
Why does President Snow wear roses that reek of perfume?
President Snow's bloody sores from poisoning are hidden by the smell of white roses, symbolizing the inability to cover up the violence and murder in Panem.
Lucy Gray is initially aware that Snow killed a Hunger Games tribute and the mayor's daughter. It isn't until Snow slips up in the forest, mentioning he killed three people, that Lucy Gray becomes suspicious of Snow.
Etymology. Partial calque of German Low German Sneewittken (from Snee (“snow”) + witt (“white”) + -ken). The Brothers Grimm only adapted the diminutive suffix to -chen, thus entitling the tale Sneewittchen. Over time the first word also came to be adapted to Schnee.
OED's earliest evidence for actually is from before 1425, in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. actually is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: actual adj., ‑ly suffix2.
As others have mentioned, Sansa is not mispronouncing Arya's name. She is pronouncing it correctly, while everyone else in her family has a strong northern accent that drops the “r” sound. Out-of-universe, this is probably because the actors have different natural accents.
Why are there no American accents in Game of Thrones?
While it is true that there is no “Britain” or “America” in Westeros, the story itself is based on medieval Britain. So it makes sense for it to have more of a “British” flavor to it, even if the modern English accent wouldn't resemble what people sounded like back then.
What do they call Emilia Clarke in Game of Thrones?
Emilia Clarke was relatively unknown before her role as Daenerys in Game of Thrones. Daenerys is one of the most popular characters of the book series, together with Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow. The New York Times called Daenerys one of Martin's "finest creations".
Why do they say first of his name in Game of Thrones?
It Means that the King/Queen is the first person of that name to ascend to the throne. For eg. Robert Baratheon was first person named Robert to become the King of Westeros that is why he was called "Robert Baratheon the first of his name".
Robb (Richard Madden, Scottish), Theon (Alfie Allen, Londoner), Jon (Kit Harrington, posh Londoner) all managed very convincing Yorkshire accents for the rest of their time on the show. You'd never know Jon Snow was a public (ie. private) school kid in real life.
Richard Madden (Robb Stark): Madden grew up just outside of Glasgow, Scotland. He has a Glasgow accent typical of the region. As Robb, he uses a northern English accent to sound like Sean Bean.
