- - - Learn something about courtly love and explain how it is played out in Part III. Also, explain the significance of courtly love in the poem.
- - - The green sash the host's wife gives Gawain - explain its significance. Why doesn't Gawain exchange it with the host as originally agreed upon?
The Greene Knight he is transformed by a different woman for the same purpose. In both stories he sends his wife to seduce Gawain as a further test. "King Arthur and King Cornwall" portrays him as an exorcist and one of the most powerful knights in Arthur's court.
ReplyDeleteCourtly love is "a highly conventionalized medieval tradition of love between a knight and a married noblewoman, first developed by the troubadours of Southern France and extensively employed in European literature of the time." In part three, the host's wife tells Gawain to use her body in any way he pleases. While the host is out hunting, Gawain and the wife talk and she convinces Gawain to kiss her. The first day, she kissed him. The next day, she kissed him twice. On day three, she kissed him three times. At the end of each day Gawain and the host would exchange their winnings. Each day, Gawain would kiss him however many times he and the host's wife would kiss and the host would give him his game that he won that day. The wife kissing Gawain is significant in the poem because, she believes that if she can get Gawain to sleep with her, she could get pregnant. If she gets pregnant with Gawain's child, then her child would be heir to the thrown and they would be like royalty. She believes that Gawain could possibly fall in love with her.
ReplyDeleteThe host's wife gives Gawain a green sash saying that it would protect him from death. Since he was leaving the castle soon and fighting the green knight, he feared for his own life so he took it and in returned they kissed. By taking the green sash, Gawain showed the readers that even though he stepped up and took the challenge, he was still fearful for his life. This proved to the readers that he thought he would not beat the Green Knight. Gawain's deal with the host states that whatever they won, they had to exchange. The day that Gawain receives the green sash, he also receives three kisses from the host's wife. He gives the host the three kisses but does not give him the green sash. Gawain believes that if he gives the sash away, then he will not defeat the Green Knight, and he will die. He keeps it thinking that he will defeat the Green Knight and live if and only if he has the green sash.
-- Part 3 does have courtly love. The day where Gawain and the Lord have the exchange of what ever they have received that day, Gawain protected his nobility and did nothing with the lady. He refused to do anything except three kisses, which he later returned to the lord.
ReplyDelete-- He gets a green sash from the lady who came into his room. The sash is supposed that if you are wearing it you can't be killed. Gawain would not give this back to the Lord because he soon would be facing the Green Knight and Gawain could be saved from death. The Lady before leaving told him its their secret.
1.) Courtly love emphasized courage and nobility. Sir gawain is between telling someone how he feels and courteous to the women who always comes in his room which also goes into courtly love. The lady accuses gawain of discourtesy when he refuses to do sexual activities with her. When gawain responds with more courteously she accuses him of a lack of chastity which can be like abstinence. This is similair to how the green knights game is a seemingly unwinnable battle.
ReplyDelete2.) The green sash is supposedly going to save his life. The lords wife untied it from her waist and tied it to gawains waist in which he accepts it. This symbolized courtly love and was gawains downfall. Gawain ended up keeping the green sash as a reminder of a "year and a day" and the test that he was given. All the other knights would later use one as a reminder of a lesson learned from gawain. The sash will protect the wearer from harm. When gawain accepts it he doesnt tell the lord, because he puts his trust into a material item instead of god to protect him from harm. In other words gawain feels more protect with the sash than by the help from god. For this reason gawain doesnt exchange it with the lord like agreed on earlier in the poem.
1. While researching courtly love, I found the definition to be, a highly conventionalized medieval tradition of love between a knight and a married noblewoman, and it is obviously shown between Gawain and the lords wife. According to the definition and research, it was polite for Gawain and the wife to have an affair if The Lord allowed it to happen, because it showed how noble and trustworthy Gawain is. In the case of the poem, Gawain seemed to stay away from The Lord's wife, and only allowing a couple kisses before she left everyday. Showing how little attention Gawain showed to the wife proved he is more noble and trustworthy than any other knight in that situation. Courtly love in the poem shows a tradition that would of happened during these times, and what was considered polite for Gawain and the other characters in the poem. Having courtly love helps us better understand the situation of the game, and where Gawain stands on the problems he approaches.
ReplyDelete2. The significance of the green sash is how necessary it is for Gawain's survival against his battle against The Green Knight. Whoever shall possess the sash will receive the ability to keep the man wearing it safe from death. When Gawain learns that, he sees that he needs this for his fight in order to survive. So when it is time to exchange the gifts, there is no way he is giving up something that will decide if he lives or if he dies.
The courtly love was played out as the host wife trying to subduce Gawain but Gawain resitited to a point he let her kiss him
ReplyDeleteWhen the wife gave Gawain the sash she had given it to him as a test to see if he would give it to her husbanded but he was a frayed that the husband might git mad if he gave him the sash so he didn't give it to him at first
Part 3 shows how love is portrayed in Gawain's time. It shows that men were respectful of women and did not commit to adultery. The woman tries to seduce Gawain but she fails since he is against this. He declines but in a respectful manner.
ReplyDeleteThe sash shows the love that the woman had for Gawain. The sash also in a way reminds him of his doom. It is also a way for him take her into heaven with him.
1. The court is about all the lords and ladies. It's played out in part 3 because it shows there endless love they have for each other. It shows that there love will never die.
ReplyDelete2. He won the kiss from the lady in return from the hash. She said he shouldn't leave without a kiss so that's why she gave him the hash. She was desperate for him and she wanted anything she could get since it was an arranged marriage and she thought her husband was gay.
1. Courtly love emphasized courage and nobility. Sir gawain is between telling someone how he feels and courteous to the women who always comes in his room which also goes into courtly love. The lady accuses gawain of discourtesy when he refuses to do sexual activities with her. When gawain responds with more courteously she accuses him of a lack of chastity which can be like abstinence.
ReplyDelete2. The host's wife gives Gawain a green sash saying that it would protect him from death. Since he was leaving the castle soon and fighting the green knight, he feared for his own life so he took it and in returned they kissed. By taking the green sash, Gawain showed the readers that even though he stepped up and took the challenge, he was still fearful for his life. This proved to the readers that he thought he would not beat the Green Knight. Gawain's deal with the host states that whatever they won, they had to exchange. The day that Gawain receives the green sash, he also receives three kisses from the host's wife. He gives the host the three kisses but does not give him the green sash. Gawain believes that if he gives the sash away, then he will not defeat the Green Knight, and he will die. He keeps it thinking that he will defeat the Green Knight and live if and only if he has the green sash.