Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Analysis

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Gawain and the Green Knight is very great story on how one of the knights of King Author’s Round Table does not live up to the expectations we are normally associating them with. The end result was that no matter how faithful someone may seem they may not be who they say they are. Wikipedia does a really good job summarizing and also explaining the story. They really capitalized on the fact that they broke the story down into sub sections and explained everything that was going on in the story. One of the few things that they had described was the way the Green Knight looked. They also had a very accurate description on how long it was and how many stanzas there were. Wikipedia also went above and beyond when explaining the similar stories to Gawain and the Green Knight. Also, another job well done for Wikipedia was when it explained the symbolism of green throughout the story. All in all, I think they did not make any mistakes …show more content…

In the synopsis it stated the event King Arthur was hosting was a feast where all the knights were in attendance exchanging presents. In the story it is clearly explained, “It was Christmas at Camelot- King Author’s court, where the great and the good of the land had gathered, the right noble lords of the ranks of the Round Table.” (186) This was the first thing that I noticed was highly accurate to Wikipedia. Then I also discovered in the synopsis that they talk about Lord Bertilak, how he was the Green Knight, and how he was testing him. In the story Sir Gawain finds out that Lord Bertilak is actually the Green Knight on page 283. Also Wikipedia puts an emphasis on the word game and how it comes up in the story. According to Wikipedia the word game comes up eighteen times throughout the story. The meaning of game is clearly associated with men. In the story the Green Knight likes to play games. He purposes a game when he interrupts King Arthur’s court during their Christmas

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