sexuality, race, etc. When it comes to homosexuality in fantastic literature, it has always been present. In early works, however, homosexuality was often masked with innuendos and *insert something clever here.* The texts Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Huntress are two prime examples of fantasy, both past and present, that use homosexuality as a way to further their plot line. It is appropriate to compare these two stories, because they follow a somewhat similar storyline that uses homosexuality/
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the Green Knight is a story that tests King Arthur and his knights. Sir Gawain takes the challenge away from King Arthur because he is closely related to the king. King Arthur and all his knights were a little shaken up when Sir Gawain volunteered to take part in the game. I believe Sir Gawain volunteered for the game because he is more concerned about his honor than about his life. Sir Gawain makes a bold act when he decides to take King Arthur's place in the game that the Green Knight offered
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Within the story, the green knight, the porter at the castle, and the guide that was with Gawain to show him where the green chapel was can all act as threshold guardians. Although the green knight presented the call, he still tested Gawain's ability before crossing the threshold into the unknown by presenting to him the beheading game. This game tested Gawain's stance as a knight and also started his journey. If he could not have successfully beheaded the green knight then he would have been unable
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English Dr. Curran Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a romance poem from the middle Ages (14th Century) and was written by an anonymous poet. Sir Gawain, the protagonist of the poem, has to overcome two different challenges throughout the poem: to behead the Green Knight and to let the green knight behead him a year later; and resist the temptation to commit adultery with the wife of Lord Bercilak, who we later learn is the Green Knight. This story is symbolic of life, because it illustrates
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Knights The name of a knight was one of three types of fighting men during the Middle Ages: Knights, Foot Soldiers, and Archers. A Knight was covered in multiple layers of armor, and could takle through foot soldiers standing in his way. No single foot soldier alone or archer could stand up to any one knight. Knights were also generally the wealthiest of the three types of soldiers. This was for a good reason. It was greatly expensive to be a knight. The war horse alone could cost the same amount
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in return. By the 11the century a new social order was formed my armored knights, who served a local lord, count, or duke, and were in turn served by serfs. When males were about seven, a boy of noble birth who was going to become a knight was usually sent away to a nobleman’s household, often that of his uncle or great lord, to be a page. Here he learned how to behave and how to ride. About 14, he was apprenticed to a knight whom he served as a squire. He was taught how to handle weapons and how
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In both John Milton’s Paradise Lost and the anonymous work Sir Gawain and the Green Knight temptation is used as a vital tool, contributing conflict to the plot. The means, purpose, and consequences of temptation lead the protagonists to different conclusions. The stories follow a parallel, diverging only when one protagonists fails and the other succeeds. With the idea that God gave mortals freedom and therefore they have the ability to choose in mind, it is arguable that the tale of Adam and Eve
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a person’s head when they hear medieval times is knights. They think of all of the bright shiny armour with the big swords and all of those tags that go along with it. That is really all that they think of when they think of a knight though, they think battle and bright and shiny armour. What people generally don’t perceive is what it took the knight to become a knight. Along with that they don’t realize what really even makes the knight a knight other than the fact that he has to go to battle and
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romances genre’s characteristics of hero-knight (bravery), the loyalty to God, and the honor and respect for all women. Monty Python parodies the medieval romances characteristic of hero-knight (bravery). In Monty Python Tim warns king Arthur about tiny creatures, in other words the tiny rabbit is really dangerous. Tim says, “ look, that rabbit’s got a vicious streak a mile wide. It is a killer!” (Python 14). The rabbit may look innocent, but is evil; however the knights charge in. The rabbit attacks them
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The rhetorical purpose of the first 30 lines of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is that the poem conveys a purpose. The poem uses a boat load of alliteration in almost most of the first 30 lines. “So monstrous a mount, so mighty a man in the saddle”, is one fantastic alliteration that is used. The 18th line has the letter “M” repeated 4 times in a sentence, which makes it as alliteration. Another alliteration used in the poem is in line 12. “Now a thread of hair, now another thread of gold”.
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