The Role Of Chivalry In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

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Chivalry, a fancy word for picking up babes
(A discussion of chivalry using texts discussed in class) Since the first group of humans gathered, there has been a single problem that has plagued men and women. This plague has been imbedded in the very core being of each human; this plague is something that occurs when a man first sees a beautiful confident woman, the feeling of butterflies flying around inside his stomach. The plague reaches women the instant the man introduces himself while looking deep into her eyes. In turn, the woman too gets the same feeling of butterflies flying inside her stomach. There is no science to explain this emotional response that men and women share, the only explanation worthy of mention is a term known
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Knights are often times thought of as very morally correct human beings something much more superior as compared to what men are nowadays, but in reality the knight is far different. This can be assumed by the simple task of reasoning; knights did what was considered by most as dangerous and daring, they went into the world seeking new and different people and places. In this day and age it is considered foolish for a man to do just that. Courage can be described by this passage in the Green Literature text book in From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight on page174 after the Green Knight rides into King Arthur’s hall and challenges Arthur when Sir Gawain asks Arthur to “grant me the grace” to accept the Green Knights challenge. To do what Gawain does takes a tremendous amount of courage; this example can be related to the infamous Bugs Bunny line when he says “let me at ‘em let me at ‘em.” Courage is of the quickest ways to a woman’s heart, women just love a man that will do what it takes to defend their …show more content…
In the early years of Greek, Trojan and Roman mythology the men were chivalrous by having courage, loyalty and honor but in different ways. These people from the early years followed courage by putting their life on their lines for their fellow man. Loyalty was found in the decision for a warrior to follow a leader into battle; giving the leader their own life. To the early warriors honor was everything; they would honor the gods and the dead, all for the hope of being honored when they would die. The Roman, Greek and Trojan warriors all did this expecting no women in return or monetary compensation; they simply did this for glory in the afterlife. Beowulf was an epic that introduced the idea of chivalry; although the text didn’t say chivalry, it is considered the first text to introduce the concept of chivalry. Beowulf discusses giving one’s own life to help another, which the knights would say is their loyalty, courage and honor all wrapped up a single idea, is their main

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