So last month for my patron only video, we looked at the beginning of the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

And so this week we're going to look at the second part of the story and go deeper into its analysis.

So if you haven't watched the first part of this video, I would say go watch it before you watch this one or else you will be a little lost. This is Jonathan Peugeot.

Welcome to the symbolic world.

When we left Sir Gawain in our story, he was now on Christmas Day, one year after he had cut off the head of the green night, and he was now trying to find a castle.

And so he prayed that he could find a place to hear the Mass on Christmas Day and then he sees this castle at a distance. On arriving at the castle, he's received by the Lord of the

castle and his lady who is sitting with him, and the

castle, the Lord of course accepts to let him stay, but also proposes to him a

strange deal. The king says that he is going to go hunting the next day, and at

the end of the day, he will give him the whatever it is that he's able to

catch in exchange for whatever it is that Sir Gawain is able to catch at the castle.

So of course, so Sir Gawain accepts this deal not really knowing what he's getting into

and the next day when he wakes up,

the king has left and is hunting. And while Sir Gawain is still in his bed, the lady of

the castle comes in and comes to sit next to his bed. Of course, there she is and she is

trying to seduce him. Of course, Sir Gaw, and she is trying to seduce him.

Of course, Sir Gawain is an honorable knight, and so he tries to dodge and to get out of the way, and he tries to avoid refusing her outright, but also, you know, trying to be polite about it, trying to be very courteous,

while also not giving in to the temptation.

We have to understand that he's in a very difficult situation because if we remember the story of,

if we remember the story of Joseph in Egypt, we know that to refuse her outright and to insult

her would be dangerous for his own reputation because then she could accuse him to her husband.

Of course, that's not said directly in the story, but we feel in the story that he's in danger.

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