Mohammed Humaid

Emily Nedell Tuck

English 230

May 14, 2019.

Scholars and academicians have had a different opinion on the poem Sir Gawain and the

Green Knight. Author believes that the reader can see from the onset that Winter failed, in

writing “Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight”. The themes and objectives of the poem shifted

further from their previous preoccupations. However, the issues discussed in the poem have

since remained the same over the years. The author only presented it in a different manner like

outlining the otherness feature of nature, the dependence of a man otherness, and also the

alienation of man on otherness. According to Author the problem is also stated through the

invasion of consciousness through the experience, the degree of experience, and also the

consciousness linked to the experience. The theme has managed to be associated with the

obsessive theme or the accidental theme that is described. According to Author, the author of the

poem only emphasized on a single subject. In rare cases, he managed to incorporate other

recurrent themes on the subject to bring out the meaning of its theme. In most cases, combining

the external themes to the current theme without proper integration and transition might ruin the

true meaning of the topic. This is the only theme that the poet really emphasized. Author also

believes that the author failed to bring out the implications and the effects of the fragile human

balance. He also declined to bring the full perspective of the interpersonal nature perspective in

people. (D Bromwich 15)

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 Isaacs is of the opinion that the poem was presented in a ballad way. It had all the

fundamental disarming implication of the old stories that were always retold by Sir Gawain. The

entire motive behind the poem seems to be a ballad. For instance, the fourth standard stated that

there were skips and the escapes from one action peak to the other without any interventions or

meditations. The witch lady was known to be beautiful, had all the sensual attraction, she was

tempting, and had a heroic knight with green mystery. The poet brought all forms of chivalric

proofs like trust and tryst. However, there was a failure in the manner in which the story was

told; it was just like an old retelling for the winters which poets who existed in the twentieth

century. The author took the chance and opportunity to make use of the old legends that are

commonly termed as medieval literature. The old tales were then translated to the modern and

autobiographical issues and problem. The translation was not included but the implication was

all evident. Winter sought its reference from the ancient literature in order to pass the emotional

effect to the readers. The concept seemed to work because the emotional element lives in people

for a long time. (Isaacs 29)

Author also states that there was an endless searching process for self-identity in the

conflict existing between the sensation and the reason. This theme managed to recur in the entire

body of the poem. It involved using the sensitive temptation of human beings in to immerse their

sensation. There is an unlimited description of details to the verge of disintegration. Additionally,

there is the successful recovery of the process. This is well defined when the author said that he

found the pathway that men had developed. The pathway had rested on the drying hill. It is

demonstrated when Gawain leaned forward head and then smote. Immediately after the action

and vision, the thought came along and led to the development of rationality. The second line of

the poem has lots of suggestive sensory detail. It was the essence of evil which led him to the
multiple temptations and he then took the tryst to wait for the season in order to arrange for a

second meeting. (Isaacs 118)

Isaacs says that in the third line, Winter used the exact moral diction in order to

summarise the year existing between the tests. the author stated that the year descended towards

the spiritual climax together with the descending sweep. However, the author then said that she

passed in joy struggling in yule. It happened together with the rising implication of the physical

epicureanism. However, the judgement of Sir Gawain immediately after it, showed his

knowledge after the fact. The sensual attraction for the woman is affected by the physical

attraction of the knight’s urge for shelter, love, and food. The lade is compared to the forest vine

who grew up in his arms. The process of growing was very sweet. However, this is well seen in

the pure of heart and the discipline of mind. Sir Gawain and Green Knight surmounted their

temptation and returned to reason as a result of convictions and previous stubbornness. The

continuous threat continued in their magnificent attract. The threat of gratia artist was also

present in the beauty of the girl, her lithe, her pure, and she took shape that had never been there

before. Isaacs asserts that the phrase “with what I knew” seems to be the main subject describing

the poem. What he understands is that the experience had just been encountered. (Isaacs 167)

Claims that Gawaine ought to have met Green Knight on their native ground. Meaning,

that Gawaine must have confronted his own grown in his impersonal life of nature. Furthermore,

he needs to embrace their own summary and also come up with their claims of sensibility. The

woman whom Gawaine is highly attracted to is lithe, pure, and also unholy in the sense of Tate.

There is also a purity of unmediated sensation and her body is seen to cling and also swung

based on the bussing intensity of bee visions. Therefore, the strength which controls her seems to

be thoughtless because of the ingrained moral behaviours. It is the responsibility of Gawain to

take on what his habituation in virtue will enable him to dare. There are a lot of inaccuracies and

misreading’s showcased in the poem which has perverse elegance. (T Parknson 172)

In the first instance, there is no quotation that is welcoming in the poem. From the onset,

Arthur started greeting Green Knight which made him come up with a speech before Arthur

decided to pronounce the words of Gawain. Other scholars found the theme of the poem in the

process of reforming the corrupt courts. Therefore, the poet was mistaken on the theme and their

anxiety to differentiate the behaviour within the bad behaviour of Arthur which led him to utter

statements. The sentiments were rude and high handed because the unarmed Green Knights said

nothing on fighting which carried the better branch of peace. Additionally, Sir Gawain was

seriously armed and he was rightfully accepted as a visitor and provided a modest court in order

to delight him. (Putter 158)

Recent research has clearly substantiated crucial evaluation and reviews of Sir Gawain

and the Green Knight at a higher pace. However, one of the studies went beyond the period of

the references, and the other acted as a cloudburst of activities which focused on Gawain. Over

the period of six years, the publications of Gawain included three different editions, two crucial

research studies, and pedagogical texts which comprised of an anthology of the previous essays

and the scholarly books which successfully treated the entire cotton nero poems. Although some

analysis and reviews of Gawain are included in the conventional concerns, the dating, and style

were imbued within the principles and dictions of the modern crucial theories. in the assessment

of the present condition of Gawain, the poem focused on the issues of poetic closures together

with the approaches which define the enigmatic romance. Some of the reading included the

historical framework and cultural research studies. Following the recent survey that discusses the
current trends in the Gawain reviews, the poem managed to trace some of the potential areas for

further exploration of those medieval masterpieces. (Moorman 134)

When considering the pre-occupation for the organic unity and the audience expectations

of the poem, different scholars have called attention to closing Gawain. Their main focus was on

the textual elements which appeared when the ending portion of the poem creates appropriate

cessation. The poetic closure understands that the reader is in a position to re-experience the

whole work rather than the succession of the events.

The poem is perceived to be one of the greatest poems for middle English romance; it

defined the English romance extensively. The plot of the poem arose the ancient motive

generated from the pagans which had a greater implication on Irish and Welsh beliefs. As a

result, it formed the main theme of the poem. According to the poem, its development took place

during the festive season, a time when Lone attended Arthur’s court. He then challenged the

other knight in the beheading process. This attire demonstrated solidarity. Green knight

considered the other knight to use the axe on the neck. In return, another knight gave him a green

light to cut off the other head. A period of one year later, the green knight gave out the axe as a

price. No person thought the game would be possible without killing an individual. There is no

brave warrior who nodded for the challenge until they termed knight as cowardice. However,

Arthur was highly ashamed that no one from his court accepted. Arthur would consider the

challenge until Sir Gawain opted to come and accept the challenge later on. In most cases,

combining the external themes to the current theme without proper integration and transition

might ruin the true meaning of the topic. It involved using the sensitive temptation of human

beings in to immerse their sensation. However, this is well seen in the pure of heart and the

discipline of mind. (Putter 187)

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modern Language Review. Louisiana State University Press, 1980.
Isaacs, Elizabeth. An Introduction to the Poetry of Yvor Winters. . Swallow Press, 1981. The
Huson Review.
Moorman, Charles. «Myth and Mediaeval Literature: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.»
Mediaeval Studies, 1956. 158-172.
Putter, Ad. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and French Arthurian Romance. Clarendon Press,
1995.
T Parknson, T Comito. In Defense of Winters: The Poetry and Prose of Yvor Winters. Univ of
Wisconsin Press, 1986. Wisconsin Project on American Writers.