ENGL 221 Lecture Notes - Lady Bertilak, Girdle, The Final Night
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It is almost like a rebel love in a sense. In an age of arranged marriage, courtly love is almost always an extra-marital. Lanval: why is lanval so unpopular with arthur"s court? o. Why is this: why did the fairy queen pick lanval, this is very common in the world of courtly love. Surely not honesty: chivalry, loyalty (to the fairy queen), and true love are rewarded. Even the rest of the court is laughing at how hard he is being on himself: in marie"s story, lanval is forgiven for his crime, no one blames him anymore. Gk"s: the host will go hunting for the next 3 days. Gawain will stay at the house and rest up during that time period. At the end of the day, they will exchange gifts each evening. Whatever the host got while hunting will be given to gawain.
