<p>In our final installment on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight we move on from discussing the symbolism of number to discussing the symbolism entailed in the 3 beasts that Gawain encounters.  The author's artful use of parallelism leads to many interesting talking points throughout the episode</p>

In our final installment on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight we move on from discussing the symbolism of number to discussing the symbolism entailed in the 3 beasts that Gawain encounters. The author's artful use of parallelism leads to many interesting talking points throughout the episode

<p>In our final installment on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight we move on from discussing the symbolism of number to discussing the symbolism entailed in the 3 beasts that Gawain encounters. &nbsp;The author's artful use of parallelism leads to many interesting talking points throughout the episode</p>

Paidiea Today: Season Two, Episode Ten, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight III

Paideia Today is a podcast in which Dr. Scott Masson and Dr. Bill Friesen, professors of English, discuss the great works of western literature. We do so from a now largely lost classical perspective, attempting to illustrate why 2800 years of the greatest thinkers valued these works above all others as keys to understanding the human condition.

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Paidiea Today: Season Two, Episode Ten, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight III

Paidiea Today: Season Two, Episode Ten, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight III