LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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He suggests the lack of knightly themes in Middle English poetry.
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He alludes to an ancient Anglo-Saxon ruler.
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He represents the link with Celtic mythology.
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He suggests a continued tie with paganism.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Of the many characters similar to him, the Green Knight of Sir Gawain is the first to be green. Because of his strange colour, some scholars believe him to be a manifestation of the Green Man figure of medieval art, or as a representation of both the vitality and fearful unpredictability of nature.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Green Knight represents a unity of two concepts, nature, and chivalry. First, the connection with nature is clear from his clothes, armor, green skin, and horse. Second, going further, we can observe he represents the spirit of vegetation.
Detailed explanation-3: -In addition to these numerous analogues, other Celtic features appear in the poem. Knowingly or not, the Gawain-poet used the conventions of the Irish and Welsh traditions in the Other World journey, the battle-belt/lace, the pen-tangle/sun symbol, and the color green.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the allegorical sense, the Green Knight is like Christ; he overcomes death. Gawain is the Christian. He struggles to follow Christ. In the moral sense, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight teaches us to live and face death with faith.