Allegorical Connections Between Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

After reading W.A. Neilson’s translation of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, one could find allegorical connections with the characters. Each of the main characters represents represents three main concepts that one could compare to the life in the twenty-first century. Sir Gawain, a honored knight, can be compared to everyday day people. The Green Knight can be seen as a Godly figure. Lastly the fair lady seen as a sin. When comparing the main characters of the poem, one could find allergy connects with them to everyday perceptions.
Sir Gawain is more than just a brave knight; he's a normal man, if placed in the current time period. A knight is seen as someone who is perfect at all he does, a person who doesn’t give in to sin, somebody who is godly. Sir Gawain is somebody who makes mistakes and accepts sins like an everyman. (QOUTE HERE) By the end of Gawain’s journey …show more content…
A main connection is found when looking at a normal everyday man, God, and sin. Sir Gawain was tested in a way where only God himself would be able to tell him if he’s sins and journey was honorable enough. The Green Knight is a God all in his own, he’s the only person who truly tested Gawain and his faith. The Fair Lady portrays sin, she made Gawain think that he was being tested in lust when really she’s testing his faith. All of the events happened because the Green Knight demanded it. He set up trails while Sir Gawain went on his merry way, to the Green Palace, which he thought was where his true challenge was. These roadblocks are like a man's’ own. A man who went through his own sins just to face God and discover that God himself set up his trails; all to test one’s faith. All the above reasonings prove that the three main characters are the fundamental allegorical connections out of the whole book, Sir Gawain, the Green Knight, and the Fair Lady, sets the