... referred to as the Gawain poet or the Pearl poet. Three poems were included with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. "Pearl", "Patience", and "Purity" were all with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the same manuscript. This is the reason the author is named as the Pearl poet, in ... of Gawain. He was only portrayed this way so the themes could be analyzed more correctly and well understood. The Green Knight puts Gawain through a tough test, and near the end says to Gawain, "I"m convinced you"re the finest man that ever walked this earth" (162). He proves that he is Gawain ... is also an...

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... Anthology, explains: Symbolism is offering the reader a concrete object that actually has a broader, more abstract meaning to the story or novel. Examples of symbols are light, representing qualities such as purity and goodness; darkness, representing evil and evil doings; specific colors, representing a multitude of emotions from love to hate; and locations, representing good or bad dependent upon how the setting is ... interesting to note that hunters often wear green as camouflage. The word camouflage is synonymous with the word disguise. Bercilak disguised himself as the Green Knigh...

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