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The Manuscript: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight exists in only one original manuscript, as the last of four poems in the MS. Cotton Nero A x. dating no later than 1400. The three poems preceding it are Pearl, Purity, and Patience, and all four are generally considered to have been written by the…

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Essay Topics for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Any good essay topic for "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight"?

Posted By andy k #106079 at Sep 30, 2009 4:23 PM in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight || 1 reply

decapitation of green knight -pagan origins

I have read that the decapitation motif has Celtic origins.
Any information on this? What about origins in pagan English culture?

Posted By e g #45163 at Sep 17, 2007 4:59 PM in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight || 3 replies

Lady in the castle; lines 1179-1240

Please tell me three means the lady of the castle uses in lines 1179-1240 to try to seduce Sir Gawain and give an example of each.  Thank you.

Posted By frank b #44273 at Aug 24, 2007 1:27 AM in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight || 1 reply