Beowulf And Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Analysis

Imagine a cafeteria split straight down the middle. On the right side, you have walls made of stone, windows made of stained glass, and a fire chandelier overhead. In the center of the floor, is a giant round stone table where people of stature sit. On the left side, you have long wooden tables, and walls made of logs; one big chandelier overhead giving you just the slightest amount of light. There are big kegs in the far corner, and the noise of drunken men surrounds you. In the stories of Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the feast halls vary slightly compared to one another. In the story of Beowulf, the feast hall was at the center of town. It was designed to be the greatest building in the land, “a huge mead-hall, a house greater …show more content…
It was the central hub when holidays came around. The people celebrated “With all worldly pleasures they dwelt there together: the most famous knights in the annals of Christendom, the prettiest women that ever drew breath, and the handsomest king at the head of them all.” During these feasts, King Arthur would wait for everyone to get their food, and he would have to hear a story before he would touch his food, “by tradition he would never sit and eat before someone told him a new story of some great adventure,” and it had to be a believable story, otherwise he would wait for someone to ask for a fight with a fellow knight. The food they served was worthy of a good king, “Delicacies were brought of the rarest foods in endless abundance, on plates of such number it was hard to find room in front of the diners to set down the silver that held all these dishes.” They also had order when it came to seating in the feast hall, “When they dressed for dinner they took their places, the nobler the higher, in proper degree.” The feast hall in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was full of marvel and rituals that lasted for days in the kingdom of