The Significance of "Three"

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This paper discusses the significance of the number three in Old English writings. The paper focuses on "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and how the number three in this work has triple importance. Specifically, the paper discusses the content of the work and examines the three different events that each happened in three stages: the three hunts of the Lord, the three seductions by the Lady, and the three swings of the ax that the Green Knight took.

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"Each blow represented the way Sir Gawain responded to the three seductions by the Lady, and although Sir Gawain did not exchange the belt with the Lord, he also didn't commit adultery, so he was injured as opposed to killed. Each animal that the Lord hunted represented the Lady and her style of trying to seduce Sir Gawain. But, Sir Gawain stood strong, and survived to tell the tale of his journey to the other Knights of the Round Table, and was a lesson to the other men on how even the strongest man can have a flaw."

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