The poem's journey was set in motion by Morgan le Fay, King Arthur's half-sister. . Although the reasoning behind his research is questionable, his characteristic description allows readers to wonder whether the writer wanted us to focus more on the story between the lines rather than the beauty usually associated with medieval women in poems. Morgan le Fay, who was never mentioned in the story until the end, is described in comparative criticism to Bercilak's wife (who by the way is never named) as too ugly to be covered in black from head to toe, such except for his eyes, lips and mouth and those too were horrible. She is described as an ugly hag, while Bercilak's wife is the definition of beauty when comparing the two, yet it is obvious who not only had controlled Arthur's court to participate in the trial of honor [which could have ended in punishment unknown to Arthur and perhaps to his court had Gawain also failed] but also appears to be in power of the house of Berilak, with her sitting at the fair of Hautdesert and Bercilak's wife standing, the power structure sifted to the hag and her strong hold on Hautdesert. Whereas Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The poem is a medieval romantic poem. Morgan's ugliness, while surprising, perhaps had another clue that her presence is not a superficial mention of an Arthurian legend, but something behind the beauty of women, her time focusing more on the significance of Morgan herself. Given that she was the one who set the plot in motion and subsequently held power over each character, it can be said that the reasoning behind this adventure was not satisfied or justified. Every journey has a point of origin and a reason why the hero is determined to undertake this journey. At home... middle of paper... the full blow didn't cut it. At that point Gawain gets angry and asks the knight to strike the blow, so the knight does what he was told but without killing him, the knight only inflicted a small cut on Gawain's neck. When he was cut, Gawain declares that the knight struck his blow and that he (Gawain) was free from the agreement. When the knight laughs at him, Gawain is told that he (the green knight) was Bercilak who was transformed by Morgan le Fay not only to test Arthur's court but to scare Guinevere to death. Gawain, ashamed of his deception of Bercilak, returns to Camelot wearing the girdle as a symbol of shame and weakness. When he returned home, he told his fellow knights the story and his journey and explained to them what he thought his failure had been, and after hearing the story the knight forgave him of all guilt and stated that he wore the belt as a sign of support..