Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Comparison

A Timeless Comparison of the New and the Old (work in progress) Agatha Christie and the rather known, unknown author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight appear to be sharing the same playbook when it comes to major themes in their writing. It may be a British concept, but using themes that capture the reader’s attention is key when writing a piece of literature. Over the course of time Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Murder on the Orient Express have been raised upon the themes of isolation, color, and time. The expression of something’s physical attributes or personality traits and how those are seen, could simply be categorized as simply, color. Charles Osborne describes the characters of Agatha Christie’s work as “colorful and an international collection of travelers” (Osborne 113). It is true that these characters are from many
In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight a New Year’s is in the process of going on. Celebrating the end and beginning of the old and the new, a passage of time and the time to come. “That your neck should have a knock on New Year’s mourn” says the Green Knight when stating the terms to his proposition to the King’s court. (Borroff 177) In the same regards Hercules Poirot is working against the clock. “By the time the Yugo-Slavian police arrive, how simple if we can present them with the solution!” (Christie 46) Like Poirot, Sir Gawain is also facing pressure to find the Green Knight and follow through with the pact he made, with a very limited amount of time. “Fitt two begins with the passing of the season until almost a year has passed” (Van Court) is a clear indication that time has come and gone. The way in which the anonymous author spreads out Sir Gawain’s adventure over the course of “several months, which pass in two stanzas” (Sauer) allows for readers to discover a sense of time passing