A review by riften
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain Poet

adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A glorious poem for Christmastime! The Green Knight is one of my favourite films, so I was apprehensive once I realised how significantly different the original text is. But the rhyme and craft of the poem is utterly magical, and speaks so much to the crush of untempered nature in the Christian empire. Absolutely brilliant how those hunting and butchering scenes were juxtaposed with the castellan’s wife sexually “hunting” Gawain. 

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