I couldn't help but notice the alliteration here. What's interesting to me is that I've found multiple sections in this piece that use such interesting language. Now, of course they are words of a translator, not exactly straight from Rabelais' pen, but that just further interests me. What must Rabelais' writing have been like to have inspired such a translation? Or is it rather that the translator was hard at work trying to capture Rabelais' magic with intriguing word choices. I like to believe the former, as does Kotin: Rabelais is a "synthetic gold-mine from which spill forth man-made neologistic nuggets of genuine creative genius" (691). Some other words/phrases I found interesting were "sumpter-horse," "augretine," "ennicroches," "herborizing," "litanies," "mandibulary sinew," "dung chewers and excrementitious eaters," "hamper him within my frock," and much much more.

Kotin, Armine. “Pantagruel: Language vs. Communication.” MLN, vol. 92, no. 4, 1977, pp. 691–709. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2906805. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.

This entirely new section in the text first introduces the audience to the "book of fables"-like nature of this text. It stands as book of stories which operate both separately and amongst one another. It is reminiscent of The Hobbit, almost likes a children's novel. This nature of the text struck a fair amount of critique over the piece for its lack of formal structure, but Brault claims that despite this form, Rabelais "succeeded in pulling together the teeming matter in his book chiefly by imbuing the whole with irony and parody" (146).

Brault, Gerard J. “The Comic Design of Rabelais’ ‘Pantagruel.’” Studies in Philology, vol. 65, no. 2, 1968, pp. 140–46. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4173598. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.

This scene is perhaps the most important scene in the piece. What are the constructs of this beheading scene? Why the three attempts only for the beheading to be thrown away? Weiss claims that "many interpretations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight are based on a careless reading of what has unfortunately come to be called 'the beheading game' in the first fit (Weiss 361). Why would you say this beheading game is so crucial?

Weiss, Victoria L. “Gawain’s First Failure: The Beheading Scene in ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.’” The Chaucer Review, vol. 10, no. 4, 1976, pp. 361–66. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25093365. Accessed 10 Mar. 2023.

Our first site at Guinevere as a character immediately characterizes her as the ideal feminine picture of beauty and grace. Described as the fairest woman that may have ever been seen, Guinevere is perfection. This perfection, however, portrays Guinevere as a "fetishized object" (Heng 502). She is, however, bound to her husband and therefore untouchable. The gender representation here is telling.

Heng, Geraldine. “Feminine Knots and the Other Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.” PMLA, vol. 106, no. 3, 1991, pp. 500–14. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/462782. Accessed 10 Mar. 2023.

While I am slightly familiar with the story of Jason, the Argonauts, and the Golden Fleece, I wanted to refamiliarize myself with the story in an effort to better understand the context of Medea. Pelias ordered Jason to find the Golden Fleece for him, ironically, in order to get rid of Jason who was once heir to the throne. The mission was supposed to be an impossible one, but Jason and the Argonauts (around 50-85 members, mostly heroes) succeeded in their mission which led to Jason retaking his father's throne. What's interesting is that without Medea, who literally led Jason right to the Golden Fleece that was hanging in an oak tree, Jason likely wouldn't have found the fleece that granted him all his good fortune.

Madeleine. "What is the Story of Jason and the Golden Fleece?" Technipages, THEOI, 13 September 2019. https://www.theoi.com/articles/what-is-the-story-of-jason-and-the-golden-fleece/

I wanted to know more about exactly what the battle that provides the context for the conversation that occurs between Krishna and Arjuna is about, what are they fighting for exactly and why is family fighting family? I discovered that the battle almost stands as an argument over inheritance and legitimacy. The Pandavas and the Kauravas are sets of cousins who both wish to inherit the kingdom of Hastinapur. Krishna acts as a mediator between the two, despite the fact that he encourages the fight, he seems to support both sides.

Sreejith, Sugunan. "The Bhagavad Gita and the Ethics of War." Religion and Humanitarian Principles, ICRC Global Affairs, 10 May 2022. https://blogs.icrc.org/religion-humanitarianprinciples/bhagavad-gita-ethics-war/