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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

y the lady and three times the lord goes hunting. The hunt of the animals represents Gawain's struggle in the bedroom. The first hunted animal was the deer. The deer was a startled, frightened animal that was on the run. It was "dazed with dread" as it was turned back and forth by the beaters. It was cornered just like Gawain. When the lady comes to his room the first time, he is like a frightened deer caught off guard by her seduction. He was laying in bed where he pretended to sleep when she first came in and as she sat by his bed he got up, "as startled from sleep". At the end he does give the lady a kiss, but the kiss did not appear to be anything more than a chivalrous kiss that was frequently given at that time. Therefore Gawain did past the test, and that is why he gave Bertiak the kiss when he returned from the hunt. But also Gawain could be giving the lady the kiss to tide her over just for the day, only to savoir his advance and plan for a conquest some time in the future. He did tell the lady that she was the one for him and there was no one more beautiful. The next day during the hunt, they came across a wild boar. It was a struggle, with each time they shot it with an arrow; it did not pierce its hide. That struggle represents the same struggle Gawain had in the bedroom. The second time the lady came to his room, the fair lady is more persistent making it harder for Gawain not to sin. She talks of how he is the noblest knight of their time and every household knows of his name, yet not one word of love has come from his mouth yet. The author says, "Thus she tested his temper and tried many a time,/ Whatever her true intent, to entice him to sin," (line 1549-1550). Her tenacious attempt to seduce makes it the toughest challenge for Gawain to hold back from sin, just as capturing the wild boar was the toughest task for the hunters. It can even been seen as maybe the arrows not piercing the tough hide of the...

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