Dual Hunts in Sir Gawain and Green Knight

Hunting plays an extremely important role in the medieval epic, Sir Gaiwan and green knoght. In this poem, almost everything is symbolized and conveyed with the help of hunts, which makes the poem truly medieval in nature. It also says a lot about the author of this great piece of poetry. While we do not know much about the author and the poem is largely considered anonymously written, it is believed that he must have been a contemporary of Chaucer because of the language used in the epic. The story itself is also unique. It presents a colorful and rich image of courtly life and knightly adventures.

PETER J. LEITHART (2003) Professor of theology and literature at New St. Andrews College Idaho describes the general nature of the poem in these words:

The anonymous alliterative Middle English poem "Sir Gawain and the...
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