Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a four-part poem that follows Sir Gawain’s life that leads up to him being more than King Author’s nephew but a knight. Sir Gawain first step into this transformation was him not being afraid to chop off the Green Knight’s head which leads him to a train and began his search for the Green Knight so he can return the favor. Sir Gawain stumbles upon a castle that is not far from where his destination is and the host offers a room for him to rest up before his battle. While Sir Gawain is resting at the house The Host plays a game with him. Anything The host kills on his hunts becomes Sir Gawain and vice versa anything Sir Gawain gets while in the castle he has to give to The Host. The hunts are with a doe than a bore, and the last day a fox. The way the animals act during the hunt parallels with the way The Lady acts around Sir Gawain.
The first day the host goes on a hunt for does. The narrator states “Bucks were allowed to pass by for the lord of the land had laid down a law…” (1155-56). Knowing this knowledge it is evident that the hunt is an easy …show more content…
The narrator states “the biggest of wild bores has bolted from his cover” (1439) and line 1450-55 reads that the dogs were injured and the arrows were no match for the bore, for he was more aggressive and powerful than the doe hunt. Just like the doe hunt The Lady’s subduction corresponds with the hunt. The bore was a very difficult battle for The Host likewise The Lady uses more force in the subduing Sir Gawain. The Lady’s argument is clear “Why, are you, whom all men honor, actually ignorant, or do you deem me too dull to hear of dalliances?” (1528-29). Basically, The Lady is questing Sir Gawain smartness of love to the beauty of herself. Sir Gawain being the knight and not wanting to dishonor the Lady immediately claims he knows nothing about love. The Lady left him only after leaving him a