Knights of the Round Table

You’ve brought me more business than I might have hoped for,” said the portly, graying tavern owner. “I insist. But would you like me to send for one of your men to escort you home? Forgive me, but you’re quite drunk.” Arthur had to place a hand on the table to steady himself so he didn’t hit the floor. “Will…” Gods, he sounded a drunk, slurry mess. “Will, I’ll pay…

In medieval literature there are many types of themes. Some of them are knightly behavior, role/responsibility of women, and the role of religion. One of the first things that is important in medieval literature is the knightly behavior. In just about everything we have read there has been some type of knightly behavior. In “Sir Gawain”, there was a great multitude of knightly behavior. Sir Gawain shows the most knightly behavior. He stood in for King Arthur to cut the Green Knight’s head…

culture that surrounded them at the time. The periods of the Early and Late Middle Ages encompass both the barbaric and the chivalrous age. Therefore, the epic poem and chivalric romance written in the Middle Ages, Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, strongly represent what the Anglo-Saxons and the Middle-English cultures viewed…

villain in us.” This quote comes to mind when reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and The Miller’s Tale. Sir Gawain is a noble knight with high morals and very spiritual. He is flawed, like a villain would be, but still maintains his noble and heroeic qualities. The Miller’s Tale on the other hand has no hero. Both the storyteller and the main character in this story come across as low class villains. Both The Green Knight and The Miller’s Tale were written in 14th century Middle English,…

The Green Knight is a strange kind of monster compared to the other monsters in these stories. The Green Knight does not necessarily come after anyone or attack a large population of people, but he does choose one person to battle. His wrath is not necessarily unexpected or quite as life threatening like the other monsters in stories of this time. The Green Knight simply approached King Arthur’s people during their New Years’ festivities and for one of them to simply play a game with him.…

interpretations of Gawain and the Green Knight, suggesting instead that the poem focuses on its human hero.”by pitting a real man against a marvelous, unnatural man, what a perfect knight can do when he is forced to face the unknown”(Markman) which is magic and not folklore.” the entire poem there is not a line which ascribes to the hero any superhuman or supernatural quality”(Markman) this quote is saying Sir Gawain is not special he just a man facing magic. Gawain is the ideal knight he is…

like the Mysterious Woman’s are in direct opposition to the male relationships in the text, but as the text is primarily interested in issues of colonialism, the fallout of Guenevere’s actions are not addressed. Within Marie De France’s Lanval, the knight Lanval’s interactions with both Guenevere and the Mysterious Woman from the borderland are sexual in nature, with both women exerting their dominance over Lanval. The Mysterious Woman of the borderland is introduced in Lanval with comparisons…

Description: In the article, "Carnival, Pagan, and Christian symbolism in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," Laura Kenny discusses the important symbolism between religions in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. She uses holly, the color green, and the pentangle to support her arguments. Kenny starts off using holly as an example of symbolism. She supports her statement by adding, "...a popular character of Paganism is the Holly King, dressed in green..." She goes on to discuss the color green and…

Prologue” the knight is described as experienced, wise, noble, and courteous. Chaucher explicitly describes the knight as such in his description. The knight is mentioned as having taken his vows to follow all of the virtues of a knight, and it is never said that he breaks these vows. The knight is said to have fought in many battles for his sovereign state and his faith, and he is said to be high ranking. He is described at the end of the description as being a perfect, gentle knight. However,…

Medieval romance is a tale of high adventure, like a religious crusade or quest. “The Wife of Bath” and “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” is considered a medieval romance story because it covers most of the medieval romance elements. Some elements are portrayed more than others. These elements include: idealizing chivalry and the Knight’s code, idealizing women, imaginative fairy like setting, supernatural elements, predictable ending, patterns of three and seven, and a concealed identity.…