Gawain and the Green Knight

I've really enjoyed reading this poem, I love the idea of Camelot and the brave knights with their chivalric code. I find the story quite enticing and love the symbols presented throughout. One symbol that I payed aprticular attention to was the usage of the seasons as symbols. The seasons are parallel with the mood of the poem, happy warm weather reflects a cheerful mood and cold dark weather suggests a somber mood in the poem.

I was also interested in the symbolism of the pentangle

on Gawain's shield. The pentangle had five points and is unbreakable and constant (not unlike the infinity symbol) I think that the pentangle on Gawain's sword represents a protective shield that he'll need as he faces the Green Knight as well as the trials that await him before his meeting with certain death. It is quite ironic that Gawain did not need the shield when he was tested before his meeting with the knight, he had to depend his knightly virtues and not a protective shield.