Stylistic Analysis Of Tam Lin

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Furthermore, in Tam Lin, although Janet knows Caterhaugh is a dangerous place where most girls do not want to go, she still goes back to find her true love, Tam Lin. “Janet has kilted her green kirtle A little baboon her knee, And she has broded her yellow hair A little baboon her bree, And she’s away to Carterhaugh, As fas as she can hie.” (Tam Lin, line 9-14) “First she let the blackpass by,And syne she let the brown; But quickly she ran to the milk-white steed, And pu'd the rider down.”(Tam Lin, line 160-164) In the same way as Mulan and Sir Gawain, Janet also fights for someone she wants to protect, and sometimes love can gives a person courage and helps them to become brave. Moreover, Sir Gawain fights for his big family: his kingdom

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