End of SGGK

Going off of what Cherise said, I also found it surprising that the green knight ended up being the Bertilak and that Gawain had no idea. However, what you said at the end that we didn't really pay attention to the clues because it didn't seem like that would happen, is probably what Gawain did too. But it does seem strange that he never caught on to that. Magic probably had a lot to do with it. Something at the end that I thought was interesting was the number of times the Green Knight (or Bertilak) attempted to strike and kill Gawain. 3 times he raised up the weapon to kill him. Looking on that number paper, 3 means: completeness, a sign of perfection, unity and like the trinity. I wondered if this had anything to do with the story? Was it to show that now that Gawain realized his sins and the lack of faith of Camelot that now they would all change their ways and become a lot stronger and more unified with God as the center?

Andrea Yarnell