... is perfect, but then he too is tricked by a female. Both Adam and Gawain lost their innocence and faultlessness because of a woman. The image of the Virgin Mary was engraved on the inside of his shield, but she wasn't called ... by her name; rather, she was referred to as "the high Queen " (647). Unless the author's audience was educated in Christianity, they would have missed the reference. "Then they showed forth the shield, that shone red With the pentangle ... portrayed in purest gold " (619-620). The pentangle ... the other symbolisms of the star. It also represented the five virtu...

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