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Paper #067088 :: A Pentangle, a Puzzle and Penance
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This paper explores the poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" as well as the poet's use of language and symbolism in describing a warrior's shield.

Written in 2006; 2,361 words; 10 sources; MLA; $ 72.95

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This paper focuses specifically on the pentangle passage in the poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," penned by an unknown poet. The writer of this paper delves into the symbolism and language in the passage while questioning the poet's reasons for going into such great detail about a mere marking on a warrior's shield. Geometrically the pentangle or pentagram corresponds to pentagonal symmetry, a common characteristic of organic nature as well as to the five senses which in the poem symbolically represent the five forms of matter. The writer describes in this paper how the pentangle passage provides the reader with adequate background, if well understood, to interpret the actions of Gawain and the other characters in the poem.

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"By the end of the poem, Gawain has been fully tested, and has succeeded in upholding each of the Pentangle virtues, with the exception of one - honesty with his host. In this one sense, 'fidelity' as the translation of trawthe, does seem appropriate. However, if our other translators / expositors ideas are utilized, this particular virtue is not specifically named by the poet. It could easily be perceived to fall in with courtesy, or with fellowship. However, there seems to be little support for this, if we study the reaction of both the Green Knight, and his fellow knights at Camelot, to Gawain's grief that he succumbed to the temptation to spare his own life by using the gift from the Lady - the green girdle."

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