Strength In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, strength is represented both physically and emotionally. Tolkein refers to physical attributes,"Greatest in green when groves are bare, and an axe in his other, one huge, monstrous, a perilous spar to expound in speech, who might." The terms connecting to physical strength are represented by huge and monsterous but can be infered by the saying "an axe in his other." The connection between huge and monsterous is the relationship that connects the idea of monstrosity in this text and connects it to others.

Emotional strength is represented in the text via faith and relationship with god, "The knight of the green chapel, men know me as, many; therefore to find me, if you fain it, you'll fail never." Emotional