Symbolism In “Sir Gawain And The Green Knight”
Symbolism in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
There is a lot of symbolism in this story in context to the objects, animals, and people. Some objects that represent a lot of symbolism in this story are the green girdle, the pentangle on Gawain’s shield, and the significance of the Green Knight. I will explain their significance in detail for each one also including the different interpretations.
To start off I will discuss what the green girdle means in the story and will investigate upon this. The girdle was accepted by Gawain, which shows how he has failed the test on temptation for earthy desires since, back at that time, a girdle was seen as a sexual item, thus Gawain accepting the girdle shows his sexual weakness. Also he failed because, as the story says the girdle supposedly grants eternal life and by Gawain accepting this he fails and shows that he focuses more on preserving his own life. I researched this topic more and found that girdles in literature are,......
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