ENGL 3560 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Internal Rhyme, Virginity
15 Sep 2016
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Anything moveable, temporary, mobile = a woman could own. Land and money = a man could own. [whereas south england would be representative of kent, surrey, east anglican. Following gawain chopping off the green knight"s head, ideals of courtesy (obeying the terms of the agreement) vs. honour (not committing unfounded violence) is put into conflict. Historiated initial: a letter with elements of the story actually animated into it (it tells part of the story in its illustration) King arthur or his court do not come across very knightly or good in this story. Poet (pearl) would have known about king edward ii and his court - perhaps there is a connection here. The bob is a very short line, sometimes of only two syllables.
