Descriptive qualitative research attempts to describe systematically a situation, problem, phenomenon, service or program, provide information about living condition of community, or describe attitudes towards an issue. The main objectives will be analyzed by describing the variation of phenomena, situation or attitude towards the research subject. The researcher focuses to find description of observed subject, situation, historical event, and issue of different opinion from different background. Descriptive qualitative theory helps the researcher to find and interpret the animal symbolism in J.K Rowling’s novels Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, and describe the significances of them.…
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 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…
Gawain keeps the pledge and exchanges one kiss for a deer, two kisses for a boar, and three kisses for a fox; but he does not reveal that the lady has also persuaded him to accept a love token, a magic green girdle that will protect the wearer from any harm.” ( Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. 89 ) This is very important as a knight because Sir Gawain honors and respects his ladies for the exchanges he made, but then again, he also disrespects the way knights are. Knights are not suppose to have extra armor to help them from getting harmed in a fight.…
Misogyny is defined as the dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women, and has been experienced by women around the world. In medieval times, misogyny enabled men to have the dominion over their wives, which gave them the control over the land, money, house, and more importantly, their wife. Male dominance was acquired through money and the undoubted belief that they were superior to their wives. In fact, there were even laws that allowed husbands to beat their wives; although, it was preferred to do so in the isolation of their own homes. Laws like these showed men they didn’t have to be held accountable for their actions, so that if a women was found to be unfaithful towards her husband, “the husband was enabled to kill…
One day, Lord Bertilak and Gawain agree to exchange the winnings they obtain; Bertilak will hand over any animals that he kills on his hunt, and Gawain will hand over anything he gets inside the castle. The following morning Bertilak and his crew find and kill many deer on sight, and any “deer that escaped arrows / were caught by keepers, cut down and killed,” (1167-8). These deer are later skinned and handed over to Gawain to honor the agreement. However, another hunt begins in the castle when Lady Bertilak attempts to seduce Gawain by entering his room while he is sleeping. She tries to seduce through her words, but Gawain shuts her down and gets her to leave by agreeing to kiss her, which he gives back to Lord Bertilak at day’s end.…
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is not only a romance story of the medieval period but also a ghost story because it grips a weird tale of thrillers and morality that expresses a quest full of tests and temptations as analyzed in this text. Sir Gawain’s impending fate that waits for him at the Green Chapel hinges on his behavior with the lady in the castle. Although there were three hunts accompanied with the three temptations, the temptations have dire consequences if Gawain succumbs to them. The lady is clearly offering herself to Sir Gawain, perhaps to test his chastity. Although Gawain’s chastity is not a main focal point of the five virtues, it is implied since he is, Mary’s Knight.…
People in the real world practice chivalry when going off to war and will do anything to fight for their lives, because they love their family and do not want to live without them. Chivalry is a huge part of society and influences the new world to become a better place. This brings a new side to the people who become chivalrous by having honesty, integrity, and courtesy. In the beginning, Gawain is honest and just wants to protect Camelot society, but in the end when he takes the green girdle, he shows…
Plenty of our favorite classic tales are set in a mystical world where a noble character is tangled in conflict. Red riding hood gives us the quest of traveling across the forest while being wary of a talking wolf. However monotonous or maybe cliche, medieval romance literature does its best job at staying on point and keeping the reader engaged in the story. In Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, the author used the magical Green Knight in order to push Sir Gawain into the quest that will prove if his allegiance to the code of chivalry is over the value of his life.…
What Sir Gawain does to the lady is significant because he keeps her from ruining Sir Gawain’s chastity. The lady asks if Sir Gawain has “a lover [that makes his heart’s] like better” (Raffel 102). Sir Gawain lies to the lady by telling her that he has “none, and none [he] will have for now” (Raffel 103). Sir Gawain lies to the lady because he does not want to talk about Guinevere. Sir Gawain lying to the lady makes him remain chaste because he appears to be chaste about the lady.…
From this, we can see that the author wants us to show us that out of love, wealth, and life, Sir Gawain values life the most. However this shows his fault which was dishonesty and he not only breaks his honor, but also receives a scar after the Green Knight cuts him for partially failing the third test. A similar point of view can be seen in modern literature such as the story The…
She test Gawain’s honor each day trying to seduce him but he never strays from his code. When Bertilak comes back from his hunting they both share what they have gathered however when the wife gave Gawain a magic belt to save his life he hides it from Bertilak in fear that it might get taken away from him. Ultimately, Gawain goes to meet the Green Knight who spares his life for his honorable behavior. Gawain then realizes that the Green Knight is really Bertialk and he is embarrassed for hiding the belt, but Bertilak forgives him because he passed the test of being an honorable man for not sleeping with his wife and spears his life.…
Gilgamesh and Sir Gawain may seem like completely different characters, they do however, share some common themes. Their journeys both lead them through initiation to higher truths and maturity with help from outside themselves. The Gods come together to ask Aruru for assistance with Gilgamesh as he has grown so strong, prideful and purely destructive. They create Enkidu, the wild man from the steppe, to tame Gilgamesh. Gawain’s journey is a result of Morgan Le Fay’s attempt to frighten Guinevere to death by the presence of the Green Knight.…
Gawain took a step back in being honored when he is less loyal to the man who gives him a hand without thinking twice. Catharine states, “That evening Sir Gawain kisses his host three times, but he does not mention the silken girdle he received.” Sir Gawain lies to the man on the 3rd knight saying he got nothing in return, tells him 3 times but never mentions the gift he got from the wife. Little does Sir Gawain know that the man already knows about the stash and is simply testing his loyalty. Sir Gawain is man of his word, of course, but he lacks some loyalty and…
What is the meaning of the word “symbolism”? Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. Some stories and poems might have different symbols depending on who the reader is, because everyone sees things differently. Sometimes the symbols from a story or poem can be vast and without end, and most are typically implied rather than clearly stated. In the poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, there are three good symbols such as the Green Knight that challenges Gawain, the ax that the Green Knight had, and the green sash that the Green Knight’s wife gave to Gawain.…
On that same day Gawain receives a kiss from the lord’s wife, and so in turn of his reception of the deer he gives the lord a kiss. His word is kept. On a second day the lord returns with a hog for Gawain, and Gawain exchanges his gift with two kisses. His word is kept. On the third day the lord returns with a fox for Gawain, and Gawain exchanges this for three kisses, but this is not all that Sir Gawain received on this day, he also received a sash from the lord’s wife.…