In the Middle Ages, if you were a knight chivalry was very important. To be a knight you put your life on the line for your lady and king. The excerpt from Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, translated by Burtin Raffel, demonstrates the code of chivalry Gawain’s brave actions in an effort to reflect the enhancement of the character in this literature of the Middle Ages.
One example of chivalry was when Gawain stepped up and took the axe over author to swing the axe at the Green knight.( Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. ) This shows his loyalty because he did not hesitate. He leapt up and took the challenge himself. As a knight this is very important. If anyone was to challenge your King to do a hard task and you was his great knight, you would accept that task and …show more content…
Gawain keeps the pledge and exchanges one kiss for a deer, two kisses for a boar, and three kisses for a fox; but he does not reveal that the lady has also persuaded him to accept a love token, a magic green girdle that will protect the wearer from any harm.” ( Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. 89 ) This is very important as a knight because Sir Gawain honors and respects his ladies for the exchanges he made, but then again, he also disrespects the way knights are. Knights are not suppose to have extra armor to help them from getting harmed in a fight. They are suppose to take it on like a real knight would and whatever happens they would accept. Sir Gawain breaks this code by using the girdle that his lady gives him so that he can not be harmed in combat, but he doesn’t know that the green knight already knew that he used the girdle because that girdle was his.
This reflected the knightly code of chivalry. It show how Sir Gawain acted as a knight in the middle ages. Also how to act as a knight during that
One example of chivalry was when Gawain stepped up and took the axe over author to swing the axe at the Green knight.( Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. ) This shows his loyalty because he did not hesitate. He leapt up and took the challenge himself. As a knight this is very important. If anyone was to challenge your King to do a hard task and you was his great knight, you would accept that task and …show more content…
Gawain keeps the pledge and exchanges one kiss for a deer, two kisses for a boar, and three kisses for a fox; but he does not reveal that the lady has also persuaded him to accept a love token, a magic green girdle that will protect the wearer from any harm.” ( Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. 89 ) This is very important as a knight because Sir Gawain honors and respects his ladies for the exchanges he made, but then again, he also disrespects the way knights are. Knights are not suppose to have extra armor to help them from getting harmed in a fight. They are suppose to take it on like a real knight would and whatever happens they would accept. Sir Gawain breaks this code by using the girdle that his lady gives him so that he can not be harmed in combat, but he doesn’t know that the green knight already knew that he used the girdle because that girdle was his.
This reflected the knightly code of chivalry. It show how Sir Gawain acted as a knight in the middle ages. Also how to act as a knight during that