Plenty of our favorite classic tales are set in a mystical world where a noble character is tangled in conflict. Red riding hood gives us the quest of traveling across the forest while being wary of a talking wolf. However monotonous or maybe cliche, medieval romance literature does its best job at staying on point and keeping the reader engaged in the story. In Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, the author used the magical Green Knight in order to push Sir Gawain into the quest that will prove if his allegiance to the code of chivalry is over the value of his life.
The moment that our main character accepts the Green Knight’s challenge, he is obliged by the code of chivalry to go and seek his reward “or else be called coward accordingly.”(line 232) This quest clashes with moral expectations of that era because not accepting the challenge would severely damage the subject’s reputation, whereas acceptance would mean definite death. After accepting this challenge, the knight’s quest begins. While searching for the Green Chapel, Gawain encounters Lord Bercilak’s castle. There,he is seduced by the lady of the castle and confronted the moral conflict of accepting an undeserving gift and breaking an agreement. …show more content…
The author of this story does so by introducing a character that ‘in the whole wide world was never seen or observed” (lines 18-19) The Green Knight serves as the principal magical component of this tale. His unusually imposing presence and wicked challenge shook the tranquility of the King Arthur’s men and took out the perfect victim to test. In contrast, a regular sized knight, regardless the class or fame would not have caused the same impact as our green The mystical qualities of this character moved the necessary pieces to start the body of our story and set cues for its
The moment that our main character accepts the Green Knight’s challenge, he is obliged by the code of chivalry to go and seek his reward “or else be called coward accordingly.”(line 232) This quest clashes with moral expectations of that era because not accepting the challenge would severely damage the subject’s reputation, whereas acceptance would mean definite death. After accepting this challenge, the knight’s quest begins. While searching for the Green Chapel, Gawain encounters Lord Bercilak’s castle. There,he is seduced by the lady of the castle and confronted the moral conflict of accepting an undeserving gift and breaking an agreement. …show more content…
The author of this story does so by introducing a character that ‘in the whole wide world was never seen or observed” (lines 18-19) The Green Knight serves as the principal magical component of this tale. His unusually imposing presence and wicked challenge shook the tranquility of the King Arthur’s men and took out the perfect victim to test. In contrast, a regular sized knight, regardless the class or fame would not have caused the same impact as our green The mystical qualities of this character moved the necessary pieces to start the body of our story and set cues for its