Medieval romances abounded in archetypes. most characters in romances fit into a certain archetypal mold. match the characters from sir gawain and the green knight to the archetypes they represent. tiles sir gawain bertilak's wife morgan le faye bertilak of hautdesert pairs the trickster arrowboth the temptress arrowboth the hero on a quest arrowboth the hospitable host arrowboth nextreset

Ead this excerpt from the introduction to wheels of change by sue macy. imagine a population imprisoned by their very clothing; the stiff corsets, heavy skirts, and voluminous petticoats that made it difficult to take a deep breath, let alone exercise. add to that the laws and social conventions that cemented a man's place as head of the household and holder of the purse strings. how suffocated women must have felt. and how liberated they must have been as they pedaled their wheels toward new horizons. why does the author include this excerpt?