Monday, November 2, 2009

Fit 3

In the first hunting scene the lord is seeking out a deer. This is the easiest out of the three hunts. The lord and his men chase the deer until they are "trapped" and then kills them just as the lady is "trapping" Sir Gawain in his bedroom. She slips in and tries to seduce him, but he is able to resist and stay faithful. You see here that this act is very innocent. When the lady first enters the room Sir Gawain is faking to be asleep. Here you see that this is the easiest animal to hunt, but the hardest case for the lady to seduce.
The second hunt gets a little harder. The lord and his men are chasing a boar. Every time they get the boar trapped he fights back ferociously. Not only is this animal taking action, but so is Sir Gawain. As the lady comes to his room the second time, he takes some initiative. It is said that he first gives her a cordial greeting and then he says "I'm at your command, to kiss as you please: you make take one when you like and leave off at your whim." The lady is now getting somewhere in her "hunt". Sir Gawain is beginning to have something to be ashamed of.
The third hunt is the hardest of them all. The lord and his men are chasing a fox. The fox is sly and cunning. This hunt is also said to have taken until the morning where the others were caught by night. Here the lady is able to complete her task and show that Sir Gawain is an unloyal and secretive man. At first, he is able to refuse the gifts that the lady persists he takes. But then, he thinks of his life and decides that it is more precious than the lords game and accepts the girdle.

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