Wietfeldt Group B Blog Post: 10/28

For this blog post, I wanted to focus specifically on Fitt Three and the part where Gawain is preparing himself to fight the Green Knight at the Green Chapel. As we have seen, Gawain has become much more comfortable with lady Bertilak because she comes into the bedroom regularly and asks for a kiss, which Gawain has to accept. Additionally, Gawain is being forced to talk about love and live up to the expectations that the lady of the house expects. In the second fitt, the lady felt attacked when Gawain didn't kiss her and made her not welcome. However, by the third fitt, Gawain now has to deal with the lady constantly coming into his room along with the fact that he is nervous to fight the Green Knight.

On lines 1755-1756, the narrator states, "But seeing her presence there he surfaces from sleep, drags himself out of her dreams to address her" (Armitage). As you can see, Gawain is so nervous about his future fight with the Green Knight that he is constantly having nightmares the night before the fight. Additionally, the added stress about the lady addressing him is not helping the situation. A pattern that I noticed was that Gawain isn't excited about the lady and doesn't get any pleasure from her when they kiss. She also gives him the green girdle and tells him not to tell the lord about this which seems suspicious. From my point of view, Gawain is trapped. How is he supposed to deal with the lady and the lord along with the Green Knight? What happens if the lord finds out about the green girdle? Should we be concerned that the lady seems like she is cheating on her own husband with Gawain?

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