Loyalty
Loyalty is the most common theme that Beowulf, Lanval, Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, and Chaucer share. For example, loyalty to their kingdom, king, love, or themselves. Being loyal could be selflessness, protection, and allegiance. Characters within these stories, not just the main ones, do something in the stories that show these qualities.
Beowulf shows selflessness when he decides to go to Hrothgar to help him out with his Grendel situation. Another part was when he decided to go kill Grendel’s mother even when he didn’t need to because he already did what he came for and when he returns home. Beowulf became what he wanted, he became a king. After years of ruling a dragon terrorizes his kingdom and instead of him sending a younger person to defeat he does it himself. (Line 2510-2515) Lanval got approached by the Queen. …show more content…
He refused. Queen got offended and started making assumptions of him being gay. This enraged him causing him to reveal his affair with his love. The Queen’s ego was hurt so she left. King Arthur found her crying and this is where she made more serious accusations of Lanval which made him look like a traitor. The accusations caused him to be put to trial and the only way to get out of it is to bring this love his claims to be the most beautiful women ever. However, he refused to bring her to testify for him to prove to everybody that she exist even when his life was on the line. By Lanval doing this it shows he’s selfless. He doesn’t care about his well-being but his love’s. For the Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, a knight comes in during King Arthur’s and his courts Christmas celebration. King Arthur didn’t want to start the festivities until the knight comes in and interrupts. However, what made this knight special was he was all green. The knight came in to challenge his court. To see what everything that has been said about King
Loyalty is the most common theme that Beowulf, Lanval, Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, and Chaucer share. For example, loyalty to their kingdom, king, love, or themselves. Being loyal could be selflessness, protection, and allegiance. Characters within these stories, not just the main ones, do something in the stories that show these qualities.
Beowulf shows selflessness when he decides to go to Hrothgar to help him out with his Grendel situation. Another part was when he decided to go kill Grendel’s mother even when he didn’t need to because he already did what he came for and when he returns home. Beowulf became what he wanted, he became a king. After years of ruling a dragon terrorizes his kingdom and instead of him sending a younger person to defeat he does it himself. (Line 2510-2515) Lanval got approached by the Queen. …show more content…
He refused. Queen got offended and started making assumptions of him being gay. This enraged him causing him to reveal his affair with his love. The Queen’s ego was hurt so she left. King Arthur found her crying and this is where she made more serious accusations of Lanval which made him look like a traitor. The accusations caused him to be put to trial and the only way to get out of it is to bring this love his claims to be the most beautiful women ever. However, he refused to bring her to testify for him to prove to everybody that she exist even when his life was on the line. By Lanval doing this it shows he’s selfless. He doesn’t care about his well-being but his love’s. For the Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, a knight comes in during King Arthur’s and his courts Christmas celebration. King Arthur didn’t want to start the festivities until the knight comes in and interrupts. However, what made this knight special was he was all green. The knight came in to challenge his court. To see what everything that has been said about King