Essays on Poems

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Christian Morals Vs Human Nature in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

2 pages / 1233 words

While Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, chivalric romance by Pearl Poet, might seem as no more than a tale about heroic quest of the noble knight, an observant reader would notice a number of deeper issues discussed in this work. Perhaps the most curious...

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The Color Symbolism in "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight"

2 pages / 1199 words

Introduction Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is about sir Gawain, a knight of the knights of the round table, who accepts a game from a mystery man called the Green Knight who asks the knights if any knight to strike him with his axe...

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The Theme of Gender Roles in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

5 pages / 2290 words

Gender in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is caged within a static binary composed of the masculine and the feminine; relative opposites within which individuals are expected to conform to a certain quota of behaviors – for to fit into neither category would seemingly...

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The "Public" Vs The "Private" in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

5 pages / 2481 words

As Derek Brewer comments, the Gawain-Poet creates an “honour-driven”[1] society. From this, almost everything within Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is assumed to be in a chivalric context, specifically Gawain’s through the romance typically focusing on an individual knight. These given spheres of chamber,...

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The Representation of The Natural World in "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight"

4 pages / 1044 words

Introduction Brian Stone, in his 1959 translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, describes the poem as “a Romance both magical and human, powerful in dramatic incident, and full of descriptive and philosophic beauty.” This late medieval text is saturated with symbolism and natural...

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The Significance of The Chivalric Code in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

5 pages / 2288 words

“King Arthur was counted most courteous of all.” Line 26 of Part 1, one of the opening lines of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, reveals a society in which people are ranked in accordance with their adherence to a certain code of behavior: the...

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Vision of Dreams and Fractured Narration in The Gawain-poet's Pearl

4 pages / 2005 words

A dream, as we conceive of it in modern thought, is considerably different to the dreams which featured in Middle English dream vision poetry. Where today we might generally think of one’s dreams as an abstract, introspective reflection of individual and personal psychology, the dream...

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Analysis of Sir Gawain's Character in "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight"

2 pages / 928 words

“On Sir Gawain that girdle of green appeared fine! Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay It looked rich on that red cloth, and rightly adorned.” -Sir Gawain...

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The Importance of The Number Three in "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight"

4 pages / 1771 words

Our lives are seemingly centered around numbers. We count the years we have been alive, recall events based on the numerical dates they occurred on, and organize our finances with the help of simple numbers. Life itself appears to be a quantifiable thing – easily...

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Beowulf and Sir Gawain and The Green Knight: The Role of Supernatural in Shaping The Hero

3 pages / 1434 words

Supernatural creatures play an important role in defining the hero in both the eighth century epic poem Beowulf, and the fourteenth century British Romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Though both tales involve the hero’s journey to find and fight these creatures, their battles...

Beowulf Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

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"Sir Gawain and The Green Knight": Controversial Concept of Courtesy

2 pages / 1102 words

The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight depicts two different medieval models of courtesy – courtesy towards men and courtesy towards women. Defined by different members of the community, the two types of courtesy also necessitate different, sometimes contradictory conducts. The incompatibility of...

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Allegory and Its Starkness in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

4 pages / 2141 words

‘The whole things is allegorical from start to end, yet he never takes you by the neck and says “Get down to it, that’s an allegory, you’ve got to interpret it”, the way most allegorists do.’ (Basil Bunting on Poetry, p.15.) Made-to-order essay as fast...

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The Importacne of Chivalry in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight and Le Morte D'arthur

1 page / 790 words

The romances Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, translated by Marie Borroff, and Le Morte d’Arthur, written by Sir Thomas Malory, tell of the heroic adventures and chivalrous deeds of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Through characterization, conflict, imagery, and diction,...

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Analysis of Sir Gawain's Character Transformation

2 pages / 1114 words

In “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” Sir Gawain is King Arthur’s nephew and one of Camelot’s most famous knights. However, unlike other characters of medieval literature, Gawain is not ideal and static but human and real. Gawain is the epitome of virtues in fit...

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The Theme of Death in "Everyman" and "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight"

2 pages / 1123 words

“Everyman” and “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” are without doubt two of the best-known works of medieval English literature. The stories demonstrate the epitome of the Christian themes of salvation, mortality, and truth that resonate throughout the genre. In this light, Death and the...

Everyman Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

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The Homosexuality Discourse in "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight"

4 pages / 1819 words

While Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is, for the most part, a heroic poem about a heroic knight who resists temptation, the story also has an interesting dialogue on sexuality interwoven in its lines. From King Arthur’s “ebullience” (line 86) all the way to...

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Odysseus and Gawain: Quest Narratives and The Concept of Guilt

3 pages / 1445 words

In the first chapter of his novel, How to Read Literature like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster discusses the idea of a quest narrative. “They [protagonists] go because of the stated task, mistakenly believing that it is their real mission. We know, however, that their...

Odysseus Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

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Pagan Villainy in "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight"

3 pages / 1608 words

The tale of Sir Gawain and his encounter with the Green Knight is a tale that weaves itself through deceit and trickery by characters who do not hold the same values that Sir Gawain does. His moral standing both as a knight and a Christian...

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Chivalry, Christianity, and Ethical Dualism in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

2 pages / 1066 words

An exemplary knight of King Arthur’s renowned court, Sir Gawain is guided by a complex set of ethos, a collection of principles symbolized by the mystical pentangle. A five-pointed star consisting of five interlocking lines, the figure represents a variety of guiding tenets, comprising both...

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