Alliteration In Sir Gawain

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Strong alliteration is used when the lady is speaking to the courteous knight. This is the poet's way of drawing attention to the lady's efforts of seduction. The temptress uses all possible appeals to Gawain's manhood in an attempt to trap the respectable knight. She quickly puts Gawain in a trying conundrum between offending the lord and offending the lady. Gawain is passionate about the moral codes of both chivalry and courtly love. He does not want the bold, femme fatale to destroy his honorability with the sworn lord, nor does he feel right about not following through with the lady's wishes. After each bedroom scene, the poet refers back to the lord's hunting scene where strong alliteration can be seen again. This fascinating parallelism

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