2.) Gawain's faith is tested in fit three. He is still obsessed with being perfect and does not want to do anything that will ruin his relationship with god or the king. He still has honor because he never dishonored the king or lady. He never slept with the King's wife. He did not dishonor the lady in the long run because in the end he accepts the green girdle as a gift to save his life and he also hid it from the king, just as she asked.
3.) The climax is when Gawain find the Green Chapel and encounters the Green Knight. When the Green Knight tries to cut Gawain with the axe three times and it barely harms him.
4.) I think the green girdle is a symbol of Gawain's fate because it saves his life and it was all part of the plan for the Lady to give it to him once she realized she could not go any further with Gawain.
5.) Gawain makes the sign of the Cross, as if by prayer to escape the Lady knowing that she has entered his room once again to try to seduce him. When Gawain resists the Lady he says he will be her knight and that God would reward her. He probably says this so that she knows something greater than him will come being rewarded by God and having great value.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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can you go further with the sign of the cross?
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