Similarities Between Sir Gawain And The Pentangle

The Parallelism between Sir Gawain and the Pentangle When looking through stories and poems of the past, one tends to find symbols or themes within the story that set it apart from stories of its own time and even the modern stories of today. Throughout the Middle Ages, imagery defined poems and story’s alike. Story’s such as the poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, contain diverse symbol’s that express a mood or a character trait through color or the shape of the object. During the time that this poem was written, readers, young and old alike, could have easily picked up on the references made about color. Reading these same poems and stories from the Middle Ages in modern times become difficult because of the vast culture differences between modern and past societies. A peculiar symbol that can be found in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the pentangle. The meaning of the pentangle is covered in symbolism and with proper guidance, any interested reader can derive the meaning of the pentangle and its place in the poem. In this paper, the use of the pentangle in the poem of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and its ability to create potential role model or ‘superhero’ from the story will be analyzed. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the poet describes the appearance of the shield to be scarlet red with the gold pentangle on the front. The red represents the power and strength of the shield and Sir Gawain strong masculine qualities. During the Middle Ages, color was