Read the excerpt from "Gawayne." Now the giant cried aloud: "Yield or fight, King Arthur; which will you do? If you fight I shal
l conquer you, for you have no power to resist me; you will be my prisoner, with no hope of ransom, will lose your land and spend your life in my dungeon with many other brave knights. If you yield I will hold you to ransom, but you must swear to accept the terms I shall offer." What kind of conflict do the details in this excerpt reveal?
King Arthur's high reputation was well known both in literature and the vernacular tradition in the Middle Ages. The conflict referred to in the question is man versus the supernatural represented by a giant creature. A combat in which the giant knows himself much better skilled at the arts of fighting and with the advantage over the king who seems to be unable to resist its power.
A vivid sensory detail uses descriptive words that appeals to any of the five senses, creating a realistic and absorbing effect. In this excerpt, the "soothed by their ceaseless roar and pelting" sets the tone of the peace created by the sound of rain, which we all have experienced somehow.