Morgan le Fay as embodiment of the religious division and fear of the feminine in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

• Main Author: Quek, Sarah Ying Hui.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52200
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper argues that the reason Morgan is marginalized in the poem is due mainly to the poet being uncomfortable with letting a woman figure take credit for all the marvels that occur in the poem. The main cause is due to Morgan’s connection to paganism and the occult, which threatens the Church a...