Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Parts 3 and 4

Alright I am trying to play catch up...

Here is a link to a video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZuyWGr4stg

Gawain Part 3 -
So part three is the part where the host encounters all of the prey. On the first day he encounters a deer, the second day he encounters a boar, and then on the third day he encounters a fox. I believe that each of the hosts killings are in some way linked to Sir Gawain.
Back in that time they considered hunting deer a test of their nobility. This is the same with Sir Gawain and the lady. The lady is testing Sir Gawains nobility just like the deer. Also, the deer were thought of as to be testing the hunters skills and maybe that is what the lady was doing to Sir Gawain. The boar on the other hand are very honory. They were thought of as nasty, mean animals. When he cut off the boars head and brought it back it symbolized the decapitation of Sir Gawain.
The fox that was hunted on the third say was the animal of lowest value. Foxes were considered nothing and were thought of as embarassing to come back with. All of these huntings are kind of thought of as games which is what all three of the bedroom scenes are kind of thought of.

Sir Gawain Part 4-
The significance of when Sir Gawain went out to find the Green Chapel is imporatant because it happened on the eve of the feast of circumsision. In Judaic tradition circumsision occurs 8 days after the birth of a son. This is why Jesus' circumsision occured on January first beacuse it was 8 days after Christmas. The Green Knights beheading was a year and a day earlier making it the day before the eve of the feast which shows a relationship between the decapitation and the circumsision. I don't really know how anybody out these two things together, but this is what we talked about in my English class before so....

I didn't really care for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I would much rather read The Wife of Bath or Twelfth Night. This is the second time I have read this story and it didn't get any better.

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