Honor

Andy Robertson · 01 Dec 2005, 09:00 · from 2005-December.txt.gz

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From: andywrobertson at clara.co.uk (Andy Robertson)
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 09:00:00 +0000
Subject: (urth) Honor
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Roy C. Lackey writes: 

> Two things I don't understand about that scene. One is the point of the
> Green Knight story, with Able in the role of Gawain.

Abel was the Green Knight, IIRC.   Gawain gets let off with a nick on the 
neck because he behaves honorably even though the supernatural scales are 
weighed against him.

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