Like this story and many other we can see the kingdom of king Arthur falling in little pieces ny little pieces I mean that the neglect that Arthur gives to many of his knights behavior leaving space for a failure to rule properly and Sir Gawain and the green knight is a very good example of …show more content…
Victoria L.Wiss in her article does a very inserting research of the words that the green knight uses for the challenge and who does word can be interpret in a very different way that Gawain did “The Oxford English Dictionary defines strok as "an act of striking; a blow given or received/' Strok also meant "a blow with the hand or a weapon (occasionally with the paw of an animal, the claws or beak of a bird, etc.) inflicted on or aimed at a living being." The Middle English Dictionary defines bur as "(a.) an armed assault or sally; a clash or encounter; (b.) a blow or a stroke." Hence, Gawain is told that he need only strike a blow; nothing is said of chopping off the Green Knight's head” the description of the semantics and the important of Gawain interpretation and that Arthur actually approve the violent way that Gawain action is an example of the precarious behavior of the knights of the round table and the lack of importance that Arthur gave to that because his preoccupation with other non-important matter. The way that Arthur acts is a fine example of his lack of royal grooming. Gawaine actions to become an example of a knight leaving much to be desire “His failure to see an alternative to his action is striking, especially since indications that he might emerge from this situation honorably and unharmed are offered to him prior