Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Analysis

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

and they were 100 percent factual with every thing I had seen.
What I first came across was the actual synopsis.

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

celebration.
Wikipedia was excellent with its explanation of why green was so important in the story. It said that green meant witchcraft, nature, and new birth. These all correspond with the Green Knight and how almost everything he had was green including his horse, suit and amour, and his entire body in general. In the story it was stated on page 189 that the Green knight was in fact green and all of his possessions were all green. The wound that Gawain suffers from when the Green Knight attempted to decapitate him was a sign of sin on Gawain’s behalf, according to Wikipedia. In the story he had deceived Lord Bertilak by taking his wife’s green girdle. He did not honor the game on the third night. Gawain had not given him what he had received that day. He lied to the King Author’s court when he got back because he was ashamed of what really happened in the green chapel.
These all enforce the idea that Wikipedia is an excellent source and are very helpful in the breaking down of the story. This all in all gave me a better understanding of the story itself. The book had no conflicting ideas with anything Wikipedia said about it. Both of these sources feed off one another. In my opinion this was very important to my understanding of the story. I also believe that we should all use Wikipedia as a source, but make sure that the facts correspond with the report you are working on.