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"as they beat the bushes, suddenly over the beaters there rushed forth a wonderous great and fierce boar, long since had he left the herd to roam himself. Grunting, he cast many to the ground, and fled forth at his best speed, without more mischief."

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"as they beat the bushes, suddenly over the beaters there rushed forth a wonderous great and fierce boar, long since had he left the herd to roam himself. Grunting, he cast many to the ground, and fled forth at his best speed, without more mischief."

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The description of their first encounter with the boar really strikes because the boar appears to be a ancient and "wonderous" being, which drives me to relate the boar with more sacred symbol like the pentangle on Gawain's shield (reflects his physical strength). Also, in terms of the level of danger, the boar is obviously the most dangerous target, however, the author chooses to introduce it in the second hunt instead of the last, and the first reaction of the boar is to run away instead of presenting an intensive physical confrontation. Such plot arrangement is intriguing for me.

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"Through the sliced-open throat they seized the stomach and the butchered innards were bound in a bundle. Next they lopped off the legs and peeled back the pelt and hooked out the bowels through the broken belly, but carefully, being cautious not to cleave the knot"

I found this section to be particularly interesting for two reasons: the graphic nature of the section and the way in which the dismemberment of the deer is portrayed and emphasized in great detail, and the possibility of why the author chose to highlight this act specifically. Does this section (the description and details of the act taking place) draw parallels to Gawain or the Green Knight's internal or external battles? Is it symbolic to the story as a whole? What exactly do the deer in the story symbolize?

- Emma Hersom

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"The biggest of wild boars has bolted from his cover - ancient in years and estranged from the herd, savage and strong, a most massive swine, truly grim when he grunted. Any the group were aggrieved, for three were thrown down by the first of his thrusts"
This section was interesting to me since the hunting party is intentionally going after a animal that is difficult to capture. They are risking their lives for this sport, which is very different from hunting deer like they had done the previous day. This seems like an unnecessary risk, but then again so is Gawain going in search of the Green Knight.

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"Through the sliced-open throat they sized the stomach and the butchered innards were bound in a bundle. Next they lopped off the legs and peeled back the pelt and hooked out the bowels through the broken belly, but carefully, being cautious not to cleave the knot. Then they clasped the throat, and clinically they cut the gullet from windpipe, then garbaged the guts." To me it feels like it is showing the savageness of the Green Knight, and how brutal people were during this time period when this tale was written.

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Lines 1715-1718

"He springs back with a start, then twists and turns and flees. With heavy, heaving heart he tracks towards the tress." To me this quote reflects how Sir Gawain may be feeling with it being the last day before he must face the Green Knight and is potentially killed. The fox is described to have a "heavy, heaving heart" as he is tracked and hunted. Although Sir Gawain is not being hunted I'm sure his heart is also racing at the thought of facing his foe.

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Lines 1590-1595
"So that the beast and hunter both went bundling into white water, and the swine came off worst, because the moment they clashed the man found his mark, knifing the boar's neck, nailing his prey. I chose these lines because they were unbelievably graphic and this hunting scene was the most intense out of the three scenes. The hunter and boar went head to head and the hunter eventually came out on top.

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"Then the leading lords and their loyal men/ chose the finest deer-those fullest with fat-/ and ordered them cut open by those skilled in the art./ They assessed and sized every slain creature/ and even the feeblest found two fingers worth of fat."
I chose these lines because the lord, or rather the Green Knight doesn't kill without a reason. This connects to his game of beheading because he has a clear goal behind the game. In line 1326, "chose the finest deer" could be associated with Arthur and the Knights of the round table, the finest of knights were directly challenged by the Green Knight. In line 1327, "cut open by those skilled in the art" applied to the knights and the game because a knight is a warrior who will literally cut or stab their enemies, and it is what knights do best,(fighting). "Cut open" in this case means the beheading of a person which is why the Green Knight challenged "the finest" to this game. "They assessed" could be an allusion to the lord testing Gawain through his wife's seductions. As the last line basically said, even the feeblest of the deer has some worth, so this is a parallelism to the knights in which the Green Knight is assessing Arthur and his knights to see if they have any worth in being a noble knight.

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“The lord's heart leaps with life. / Now on, now off his horse / all day he hacks and drives. / And dusk comes in due course.” I found these lines interesting when I read them for the second time because they reminded me of two lines from later on in the story when the guard accompanying Gawain was talking about the Green Knight. The lines I copied here mention how happy Bertilak is to be hunting, a.k.a killing. Lines 2098-9 later on mention that the Green Knight allegedly loves “bludgeoning people”. So, I saw Lines 1174-7 possibly as foreshadowing to Bertilak's reveal as the Green Knight.
- Rebecca Arabian

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"Later they lounged by the lords fire, and were served unstintingly with subtle wines and agreed to the game again next morning and to play by the rules already in piece:"
I found that these lines resemble the calm after the hunt. When they are relaxing by a fire and drinking some wine amongst their brethren. They are discussing the next morning and "game" as referring to hunting animals.

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"The beast that the bloodhound boldly proclaimed.Then they beat the bushes and bade him appear, and he made a murderous rush into the mist of them all; the best of all boars broke from the cover, that had ranged long unrivaled , a renegade old, for tough-brawned bores he was biggest far,"
I found that the lines describing the boar really sold the reader on how much of a physical threat it was to the hunters, one wrong move and they could be nocked down and gored to death. It is stuff like this that make me laugh at just how lopsided the deal Gawain struck is.

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"But the master of the manor gave chase on his mount, / the boldest of beast hunters, his bugle blaring, / trumpeting the tally-ho and tearing through thickets / till the setting sun slipped from the sky."
I chose these lines because, knowing now that Bertilak is the Green Knight, these lines demonstrate the similarity between the two figures. The lord is described to be a commanding presence on horse back, just as the Green Knight was when he first appeared in the story. He is the only one out of his men capable and not fearful of the giant, fierce boar.