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ENGL 2210 - Early British Literature: Medieval Hunting

Topic 4

4. Research the role of medieval hunting in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Is the use of hunting symbolic in the poem? If so, how? Argue that hunting is central or not central to the message of the poem. 

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Painting of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain seized his lance and bade them farewell

painting of Sir Gawain seized his lance and bade them farewell