Blog #10
Gawain’s quest for the Green Knight is accompanied by detailed descriptions of the changing seasons of the year. How does this attention to weather and landscape complement the figure of the giant knight, who appears both in green and, as Sir Bercilak, with a beard “of a beaver’s hue”—that is, a deep brown? How would you compare the role played by seasonal change in the characters’ lives here with that in other poems and narratives you have read? The changing seasons in Gawain's quest starts in part 2. When Gawain leaves Camelot, the season is fall. The seasons change throughout the story because Gawain's emotions and feelings change. His feelings and the seasons are directly correlated. When Gawain is happy and cheerful, the season is winter which can be associated with the holidays and Christmas. The weather becomes hotter and more summer like when Gawain is has to fight the green knight. This season could show his nervousness and fear of h...