In medieval literature there are many types of themes. Some of them are knightly behavior, role/responsibility of women, and the role of religion. One of the first things that is important in medieval literature is the knightly behavior. In just about everything we have read there has been some type of knightly behavior. In “Sir Gawain”, there was a great multitude of knightly behavior. Sir Gawain shows the most knightly behavior. He stood in for King Arthur to cut the Green Knight’s head off then later go find him and let him cut his head off. The role and responsibility of women was very small in medieval literature. In the poem “The Wife’s Lament”, the wife’s in-laws didn’t like her so they told a lie to her husband to get
