“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” is a heroic poem that sends Sir Gawain on a quest to defeat the Green Knight in order to gain honour upon return. During his journey, he faces many challenges, but he never loses his faith in God until it comes to live or death decision where he relies on magic. The poem is a classic chivalric ideology and the perfect example, with King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table having those traits. Despite the fact that this is a chivalric poem the main focus is the test of faith. Where Sir Gawain’s faith, that is being tested by Lady Bertilak. She plays an important role in which she directly controls the situations that arise. This does not usually happen in chivalric stories where a woman controls the situation. As a woman, she should be submissive, and yet Sir Gawain, who is forced to defend himself against her temptations to which he eventually submits.
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Lady Bertilak played an important part in the poem testing Sir Gawain’s faith. It is obvious that Sir Gawain was being tested and it might be even possible that everything was planned out all along, but despite that Sir Gawain has yet to prove his honour. During his stay at the castle, three hunts take place where Sir Gawain has to face three temptations that were aimed at him by Lady Bertilak. The first one was the most difficult one where she says: “to my body will you welcome be of delight to make fill; for need constraineth me to serve you, and I will”, in this quote the Lady is bold with her words and not shy one bit (1238-1240). During every temptation that he was faced by Lady Bertilak he just nearly escaped where he has found the guidance in God. It maybe that faith is actually blinding where one starts to ignore other facts and only see straight. The author chooses to end the poem with “AMEN” to Jesus Christ the Saviour
Lady Bertilak played an important part in the poem testing Sir Gawain’s faith. It is obvious that Sir Gawain was being tested and it might be even possible that everything was planned out all along, but despite that Sir Gawain has yet to prove his honour. During his stay at the castle, three hunts take place where Sir Gawain has to face three temptations that were aimed at him by Lady Bertilak. The first one was the most difficult one where she says: “to my body will you welcome be of delight to make fill; for need constraineth me to serve you, and I will”, in this quote the Lady is bold with her words and not shy one bit (1238-1240). During every temptation that he was faced by Lady Bertilak he just nearly escaped where he has found the guidance in God. It maybe that faith is actually blinding where one starts to ignore other facts and only see straight. The author chooses to end the poem with “AMEN” to Jesus Christ the Saviour