e awhile, and when she finally gets up to leave, she asks for a kiss, saying that a good knight would grant her this wish. It is obvious that she is trying to tempt the Knight. In the meantime, the Lord has been hunting, and the author once again takes joy in the color imagery, going to great lengths to describe just exactly how the animals were slaughtered. The next morning, the Lord once again goes out hunting with his friends. It is interesting how the Lord is always absent at choice times in the poem. The wife once again goes down to Gawain's chambers and attempts to subtly seduce him. They wind up kissing three more times. The Knight feels torn between the rudeness of refusing her, and the unforgivable sin of accepting her. Before she leaves his chambers, the wife asks Gawain to giver her a token of his love. The Knight on account of having nothing to give her, says that he will accept a gift from her instead. She offers him a ring, which he promptly refuses, saying that he will not accept any gifts from her. But in an act of hypocrisy, he accepts a gift of less value, but a gift nonetheless. She offers him a green girdle, which at first he refuses, then accepts when she tells him that it is a magic girdle which will prevent him from ever being killed. She also manages to kiss Gawain three more times. So far, throughout the poem, Gawain has succeeded to some extent in resisting the ladies advances to him, but with the acceptance of the girdle, he has basically sealed his fate. It turns out, obviously, that the Lord has been going on his hunting trips on purpose. He has also been exchanging winnings with Gawain, such as when returning from killing the boar, he would present it to Gawain, whereas Gawain would give something to the Lord that he had accumulated that day. On the third day, when the Lord asks Gawain to trade winnings for a third time, Gawain neglects to give the Lord the girdle which he had received. I...
