A chivalric code is a set of moral rules, that a knight vows to follow and enforce during the Middle Ages. A knight of the Medieval period is flawed, but by following the code he can be unsullied. According to the “Song of Roland”, a knight must “serve the liege lord “in valour and faith, at all time speak the truth, refrain from the wanton giving of offense, and to respect the honour of women” by following these codes a knight can stay on the right tracks to stay morally correct. In “The Wife of Bath's Tale”, the narrator tells us about a knight who rapes a young lady. By doing so he breaks the Chivalric Code, not honoring women and acting violently. This cruel attack was committed by the pride of the knight believing he was powerful enough
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The old women promise to give him the answer if he will do anything she asks, he agrees. He gives his answer to the higher council, saying “A woman wants the self-same sovereignty over her husband as over her lover, and master him; he must not be above her.” (Chaucer 214-216), his answer states that a woman wants her husband to treat her the same as when they were dating, and he must give her control. After giving the right answer, he goes back to the old women, were she asks him to marry her. The knight refused at first, but keeps his promise and marries her. Still not wanting to be together, he tells the women “You're old, and so abominably plain, so poor to start with, so low-bred to follow” (Chaucer 276-274), he complains and describes how the old women is old, poor, ugly, and of the lower class. The women replies with “You spoke of gentle birth, if that's the claim you make for gentlemen such arrogance is hardly worth a hen.” (Chaucer 285-288), The old women say that he might be born into the right social class, but his arrogance and attitude is not gentle, the knight also raped a young lady so he is not so noble as he makes himself seem. His wife says that he was lucky …show more content…
He must look for the Green Knights at the Green Chapel, where then the Green Knight will get a chance to cut his head off. Before finding the Green Chapel, he finds a castle where he decides to stay. While present at the castle The lord and Gawain will exchange what they won at the end of each day. After the first two days Gawain receives kisses from the lord's wife. He accepts her kisses because he wants to follow the chivalric code of honoring women. “I am yours to command, to kiss when you please” (“Sir Gawain” 145). On the third day she gives him a girdle that posses magical powers, and if Gawain wears it he will not be able to die. Gawain does not tell the lord what he has won that at the end of the day, because he wants to keep it to be safe from the Green Knight. Keeping this away from the lord and lying to him, he breaks one of the chivalric code of not serving the liege lord. When Gawain meets the Green Knight, he only receives a small cut. “First I flourish with a feint, in frolicsome mood and left you hide unhurt” (“Sir Gawain” 161), The Green Knight tells Gawain that he purposely didn’t kill him, but did give him a cut for not telling the lord about the girdle he was given. “ As he shrank back in shame from the man's sharp speech” “Your cut taught me cowardice, care for my life” (“Sir Gawain” 162), at
The old women promise to give him the answer if he will do anything she asks, he agrees. He gives his answer to the higher council, saying “A woman wants the self-same sovereignty over her husband as over her lover, and master him; he must not be above her.” (Chaucer 214-216), his answer states that a woman wants her husband to treat her the same as when they were dating, and he must give her control. After giving the right answer, he goes back to the old women, were she asks him to marry her. The knight refused at first, but keeps his promise and marries her. Still not wanting to be together, he tells the women “You're old, and so abominably plain, so poor to start with, so low-bred to follow” (Chaucer 276-274), he complains and describes how the old women is old, poor, ugly, and of the lower class. The women replies with “You spoke of gentle birth, if that's the claim you make for gentlemen such arrogance is hardly worth a hen.” (Chaucer 285-288), The old women say that he might be born into the right social class, but his arrogance and attitude is not gentle, the knight also raped a young lady so he is not so noble as he makes himself seem. His wife says that he was lucky …show more content…
He must look for the Green Knights at the Green Chapel, where then the Green Knight will get a chance to cut his head off. Before finding the Green Chapel, he finds a castle where he decides to stay. While present at the castle The lord and Gawain will exchange what they won at the end of each day. After the first two days Gawain receives kisses from the lord's wife. He accepts her kisses because he wants to follow the chivalric code of honoring women. “I am yours to command, to kiss when you please” (“Sir Gawain” 145). On the third day she gives him a girdle that posses magical powers, and if Gawain wears it he will not be able to die. Gawain does not tell the lord what he has won that at the end of the day, because he wants to keep it to be safe from the Green Knight. Keeping this away from the lord and lying to him, he breaks one of the chivalric code of not serving the liege lord. When Gawain meets the Green Knight, he only receives a small cut. “First I flourish with a feint, in frolicsome mood and left you hide unhurt” (“Sir Gawain” 161), The Green Knight tells Gawain that he purposely didn’t kill him, but did give him a cut for not telling the lord about the girdle he was given. “ As he shrank back in shame from the man's sharp speech” “Your cut taught me cowardice, care for my life” (“Sir Gawain” 162), at