Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a poem that makes extensive use of alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds in a series of words, and it’s used throughout Sir Gawain to create a musical effect or to emphasize certain ideas. For example, alliteration is used in lines like ” Sir Gawain…girt with … Read more
Tolkien has experienced a resurgence of interest in the last two decades-in a large part thanks to Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. However I do not wish to look at the movies, or indeed at any of Tolkien’s more prevalent work. I wish to focus on … Read more
Friends, fellow protesters we are gathered here today to encourage others to be considerate of the environment. However, this poem here in my hand holds all the answers to our problems. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was written over six hundred years ago, but despite this, its ecological statements continue to be relevant to … Read more
Although there are not very many female characters in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or any of the other literature discussed this semester, the small roles the females play impact Gawain’s quest throughout the story. There are three main females in this story; Queen Guinevere, the young lady and the old lady. Guinevere is … Read more
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a Middle English romance poem written by an anonymous West Midlands poet also credited with a lot of other poems written during that time. The protagonist, Sir Gawain, survives two tests: a challenge, which he alone without the assistance of King Arthur’s knights accepts, to behead the fearsome … Read more
