1. Bertilak and Gawain make an agreement to exchange whatever they may obtain throughout the day, Bertilak at the hunt, and Gawain lounging in the castle. Bertilak kills a deer first day and gives it to Gawain. Gawain gets one kiss from the lady and as agreed gives Bertilak the kiss. Bertilak kills a large boar second day, lady gives 2 kisses to Gawain, which again he gives back to the Lord. However on the third day Bertilak only kills a small fox for Gawain. Gawain receives three kisses, which he gives, but shows dishonesty when he denies Bertilak the Green Girdle that the Lady gives him. I interpret the fox as a symbol of deception and dishonesty. He kills a less significant animal, and then ironically Gawain lies and keeps the Girdle, breaking the arrangement of give exchanging. Bertilak is on the merciless hunt, and while he traps and kills his game, the lady is also in a hunt of her own. She traps him with her womanly deception, and tests his honor. The sign of trapping is seen in both scenes. “She comes nearer at that, catches him in her arms,” She catches him like her pray, or game, trust like Bertilak and his animals. “They spread around the crag and the jagged mound till they were certain they’d trapped inside their circle.” Another sign of trapping and hunting is seen in this line. “The lady lured him on, enticing him to sin. But she held himself back so well no blemish appeared.”