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Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Literary Analysis

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One need to have clear that Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is not an epic story. This poem is a romance, a different type of romance, a chivalric romance. Chivalric romance or medieval romance “is a type of narrative that… is distinguished from the epic in that it does not represent a heroic age of tribal wars, but a courtly and chivalric age” (McDonie, 2). But, like Dr. McDonie tell us, Gawain thinks “that he is living in a world of epic,” when in reality “he is a romance character who thinks he is living in an epic world” (McDonie, video). Because of the mentality that Gawain has a constant shift of perspective is viewed throughout the poem. During Part III with the second bedroom scene Gawain, once again, Like my classmate Juan Linares
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