This master's thesis deals with the depiction of good and evil in A Song of Ice and Fire by
George R.R. Martin and The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson and how both authors
modify or follow the depiction of good and evil by Tolkien. The theoretical part firstly
introduces fantasy genre and young adult literature and shows how the selected series fit within
them. After that it defines not only good and evil but also antiheroes and morally grey
characters. The last part of the theoretical part describes the general conventions of the depiction
of good and evil in fantasy and in Tolkien's Lord of the Ring. The analysis itself is done in four
parts which focus on factions, author's concepts for depiction of good and evil, characters, and
items with symbols along with the comparison of the authors with each other and also how they
work with ideas of Tolkien.
