Questions for Eric and Enide Day one

4. The battle for the sparrow hawk is a contest in which knights battle for the sparrow hawk for whomever takes the sparrow hawk has the most beautiful Lady in the land. This implies that a ladies beauty is dependent on the strength of the man that she's with. It shows the sexism of the times, as it makes claim that a women is nothing without a strong man.

5. The dress represents a sort of rebirth not all that different from the one Erec would later go through. Enide casts away the white dress that she had and is adorned with a new green dress. This act represents her rebirth into the ranks of nobles as she had lived in poverty.