Religion In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

How does time periods like Anglo-Norman, Medieval, and Renaissance interact with religion? Anglo-Norman, Medieval, and Renaissance show us that we do not only interact with religion in church but we also interact with religion through our beliefs. People sometimes look at religion as someone having power and authority to take control over something. Many times religion can get caught up with people believing that they have power and that they can do whatever they please and they are to never be proven wrong. Some people look at religion as being somewhat larger than life itself. In a negative way some people only rely on religion when they need God for something. In a positive way some people make it their duty to have a relationship with God
“The Green Knight’s initial exercise of power derives from his status as an unidentified and as a querying identifier” (234). The Green Knight orders power without letting people know his true identity. The Green Knight showed that he had power and that he was not scared of king Arthur and his throne because he showed up unannounced and in a spontaneous manner. “Power in this case lies with the one who remains unidentified and diminished power with the would-be identifier” (233). This shows that power do not always have to come from someone that is
Leander was well aware that Hero was a virgin and that she worked under the service of Venus. “Marlowe seems more interested in how to get sexual results” (222). In class we talked about how their love is described as a sexual love because they were not married like the couple was in Amoretti. Leaner was not afraid to express his feelings and concern to Hero. Leander thinks that Hero is not treating herself well enough because she is a virgin. “A variety of verbal and nonverbal expressions of love could result in, or at least be confused for, a promise of marriage” (218). Hero and Leander ways of showing love could result people feeling chaotic because one moment they seems like a married couple and then the next moment they seem like friends. “The men desire Leander not because he is a man but because he looks like a woman” (223). Both Hero and Leander were labeled as being beautiful. Marlowe was not just focusing on describing women lovely beauty but he was also focusing on describing men lovely beauty as well. That is why in the poem other men even acknowledge that Leander was attractive. Also, in this poem temptation is being portrayed because Leander tempted Hero to no longer be a virgin anymore. “If they wish to cure themselves, they must find a love object willing to give in