Before revision: The Jaime Lannister character of the A Song of Ice and Fire saga has been described as an examination of the banality of evil, in re his character's disillusionment with the chivalric code of honor, which he has come to perceive of as "merely an enabling fantasy for being unthinking thugs who do what they're told," all while arguably the Kingslayer rests in privilege astride the very pinnacle of the oppressive feudal system of Westeros The banality of evil, which has been called one of the "one of the most memorable phrases of 20th-century intellectual life," attempts to describe why and how otherwise boring, mediocre people actively enable grossly immoral systems.
After revision: The Jaime Lannister character of the A Song of Ice and Fire saga has been described as an examination of the banality of evil, in re his character's disillusionment with the chivalric code of honor, which he has come to perceive of as "merely an enabling fantasy for ... unthinking thugs who do what they're told," all while the Kingslayer arguably rests in privilege astride the very pinnacle of the oppressive feudal system of Westeros The banality of evil, which has been called one of the "one of the most memorable phrases of 20th-century intellectual life," attempts to describe why and how otherwise boring, mediocre people actively enable grossly immoral systems.