Here, Quintilian is specifically mentioned alongside the statement that he should learn Greek. This is interesting after researching who Quintilian is. He was a scholar who worked specifically with rhetoric and language, especially pertaining to works from ancient Greece (Duchan), hence the mention of the Greek language. Duchan, Judith F. "Marcus Fabius Quintilian 35-100 AD." University at Buffalo, 11 Sept. 2021, www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~duchan/new_history/ancient_history/quintilian.html. Accessed 30 Mar. 2023.

An interesting part of the letter Pantagruel receives from his father is its overall tone. Not only is the tone quite formal for a letter between a father and son, but it is also far more formal than the rest of the text as a whole (La Charité). Whether or not this letter can be taken in the same satirical light as the rest of the work has sparked interesting debate (La Charité).

La Charité, Raymond C. “Gargantua’s Letter and ‘Pantagruel’ as Novel.” L’Esprit créateur 21.1 (1981): 26–39. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26283863?sid=primo&saml_data=eyJzYW1sVG9rZW4iOiIzZmJiZTE1OC0yYjYyLTQ3NjQtYjEzNS1kNTliMmUzZDg0ZjMiLCJlbWFpbCI6Implbm5hbGVibGFuY0BrbmlnaHRzLnVjZi5lZHUiLCJpbnN0aXR1dGlvbklkcyI6WyI5ZGIzN2JiNC1mMzIwLTQ2YTMtODVmMi03ODVhZWQxOGEzZTMiXX0&seq=3

Taken at face value, Morgain le Fay appears to be the instigator of the entire situation Gawain is facing. However, it is important to consider perspective. It is impossible to be certain that Bertilak is telling the full truth (Warner). While the simplicity of one person orchestrating the entire situation is satisfyingly conclusive, Bertilak has already proven himself to be deceitful in his disguises (Warner). It is difficult to trust what he is accusing Morgain of when he himself has played such a deceitful role throughout the story. Works Cited: Warner, Lawrence. “The Lady, the Goddess, and the Text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.” The Chaucer review 48.3 (2014): 334–351. Web.

There is symbolism to be explored in the three mentioned animals and in the concept of hunting as a whole. While truth and honor are highly valued by these men regarding their treatment of other humans, their time spent hunting displays them celebrating the exact qualities they look down upon when it comes to people. They find pleasure in tricking animals, which starkly contrasts the way they view deceitfulness towards other humans (Ralph). Placing their view of nature and their view of other humans next to each other makes one question where the line is drawn for these men, and where the rules they have made for themselves apply (Ralph). Works Cited: Ralph, Iris. “An Animal Studies and Ecocritical Reading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.” Neohelicon (Budapest) 44.2 (2017): 431–444. Web.

Lysistrata having a speech at the end of the play can be interpreted as an emphasis on her authority over the situation. However, whether or not she should appear in the final scene at all happened to become a point of contention during the production various adaptions. This argument brings into question a larger debate about the presentation of gender roles in plays.

Rutherford, R. (2015). LYSISTRATA AND FEMALE SONG. The Classical Quarterly, 65(1), 60-68. doi:10.1017/S0009838814000883

Sacred texts as a whole express Brahman as "omnipresent and the spiritual core of the universe." There are, however, differences in the way each different system of philosophy interprets the idea of Brahman. For example, some schools of belief see Brahman as otherworldly, while others see Brahman as both part of the world, and the creator of it. They differ most in their beliefs regarding the relationship between Brahman, the world, and the soul.

Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Brahman. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 3, 2023, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/brahman-Hindu-concept