So, how do these texts relate to this notion of time and history? One the first page of Sir Gawain And The Green Knight the text reads “In many an ages bygone they brought about trouble. More wondrous events have occurred in this country.” (Gawain, lines 22 – 23). Although this line is short, two lines, but it relates to this idea of time and history. The single line where it begins with “In many an ages bygone…”, time is being used within the text to set up the poem of course, but also relates to youth and age that remains present throughout the poem. The line is like any StarWars film opening sequence or even Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” where time is often tied with dark events such like a civil war breaking out within one’s country.
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Let me explain, history has a repetition where a bad event(s) need to happen for a wonderous event to occur. This passage can relate to the theme of youth and aging as these lines can relate to aging and increase of experience as one would need to experience a bad event in one life, death for example, to be able to gain a positive response to that experience as mentioned by the text. On page 5, lines 37 to 55, time is also being presented in a subtle way to describe the passing of time. Line 37 of the poem starts with “This king lay at Camylot upon Krystmasse…” (Gawain, 37), and later the text reads “For ther the fest watz ilyche ful fifteen days…”(Gawain,44). The idea of time is being presented through these lines as time is quickly passing by in the world where this poem takes place, and the poem mentions a “New Year” not to long after the presented lines (Gawain, 60). The idea of youth and aging sits quite well with this presented line as by using the idea of time rapidly speeding up, so is one’s youth. Had a parent “blink” and suddenly their children are teenagers, and the parent asked where the time had
Let me explain, history has a repetition where a bad event(s) need to happen for a wonderous event to occur. This passage can relate to the theme of youth and aging as these lines can relate to aging and increase of experience as one would need to experience a bad event in one life, death for example, to be able to gain a positive response to that experience as mentioned by the text. On page 5, lines 37 to 55, time is also being presented in a subtle way to describe the passing of time. Line 37 of the poem starts with “This king lay at Camylot upon Krystmasse…” (Gawain, 37), and later the text reads “For ther the fest watz ilyche ful fifteen days…”(Gawain,44). The idea of time is being presented through these lines as time is quickly passing by in the world where this poem takes place, and the poem mentions a “New Year” not to long after the presented lines (Gawain, 60). The idea of youth and aging sits quite well with this presented line as by using the idea of time rapidly speeding up, so is one’s youth. Had a parent “blink” and suddenly their children are teenagers, and the parent asked where the time had