So I am back. I just have a few things to write nothing too important just some thoughts on Sir Gawain, and a few other things.
I finished Sir Gawain and the Green Knight yesterday. Overall, I found the poem very interesting. I feel like at points it was pretty predictable, which would make sense because it is an old story and has been honored by mimicry often I am sure. That is the essence of most great works I would guess and I have no doubt that this story in some way or form was framed from others. Intriguing plot, If you that read this have not read the poem, I will give you a basic synopsis but I encourage you to read the story. It took me only a few hours to get through it (the non-middle english version). The basis of the story is that a mysterious knight dressed in green challenges King Arthur's Court to a challenge/game. Arthur kind of wussed out and thus caused oodles of awkward silence. Sir Gawain being noble and knightly said he would take the challenge in Arthur's stead. The challenge is that he gets one swing with an axe and if at the end the Green Knight was still alive then in one year he would get one swing at Sir Gawain. Gawain fails.. sort of.. and is given a year before he has to take his final blow. The story continues with his journey to meet his destiny and the trials and temptations that he faces. Overall good story. Read it, it's fun and doesn't take long.
On to other thoughts. I worked on a few riddles this week thanks to tyger. They were very interesting. Surprisingly I am sure to him, I actually got them right. I am looking forward to a few books I am about to start reading. Catch-22 by Heller, and The Once and Future King by T. H. White. Looking forward to those. I have also been working on learning more about Etymology and just general Vocabulary. Been a very good way to keep things interesting. Fatuous is a pretty good one. I will leave you with my favorite for of the last few days, Scrumtrulescent. Enjoy it.
More to come later.
-Colin
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ReplyDeleteI am really glad you found Gawain interesting! Oddly, when I first read it (in an updated English version) I very much focused on Arthur's not living up to my expectations! However, after a few re-reads I have found the concluding parts of the story much more interesting and intriguing! I look forward to the opportunity to talk to you about the story in more depth!
As for your other interests, I am also heavily involved in many of those things as well (fatuous is a good one!) and hope to talk with you about Catch-22 and Once and Future King as well.
Tt