1. Beowulf And Gawain
... the Green Knight is certainly a story about civilization. It begins, after all, with the story of Aeneas and the founding of Rome, probably the classic story about the founding of a civilization. It moves on to Felix Brutus, legendarily a grandson of Aeneas and later founder of Britain, and then ... Bercilak de Hautdesert, is in league with Morgan le Fay, alternately described as a fairy or a goddess, and is described himself as an "elvish man" (Green Knight 2445-2461). Magic in the Celtic tradition is connected with nature, and elves and fairies are associated with both. The Green Knigh...
- Word Count: 3062
- Approx Pages: 12
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School
