Question: Considering Gawain’s actions throughout the story “Le Morte d’Arthur and his actions at the end of his own life, was Gawain an honorable knight? Was he justified in his dealings with Lancelot?
Considering all the things that went on with Sir Gawain he was overall not an honorable knight. When Gawain first challenged Launcelot and lost. But Launcelot was an honorable knight who stuck to the code and didn’t kill Gawain while down on ground. Therefor Gawain had his life spared and went back to the castle to heal his wounds. As soon as Sir Gawain was at full strength somewhere in his mind he thought that it would be a good idea to challenge Launcelot a second time. As Launcelot said “Sir Gawain , while you stand on your …show more content…
By now Gawain is thinking how foolish he was to challenge Launcelot and how he forgives him as he is dying. All at the same time this is going on Arthur starts to get very vengeful for all his fallen knights and starts to manipulate himself into thinking that he has to kill his son Mordred. Which in turn seems to be his downfall. As he was sleeping he had a dream about Gawain but ignores Ghost Gawain as said “plead with you not to give battle to Sir Modred .. for if you do, not only will you yourself be killed but all your noble followers too.” (l.49-52) (p.233) Gawain’s advice was to “make a treaty with Sir Modred, calling a truce for a month .. In a month Sir Launcelot will be here .. he will defeat Sir Modred.” (l.52-56) (p.233)
In the end King Arthur doesn't care if he dies or not. All that matters to him is revenge for everybody that has fallen to Mordred. When the battle commences Arthur and Modred are going with everything. A bloodthirsty Arthur got a lucky blow with Excalibur through Modred, right below the stomach and Mordred knew that he was going to die so he struck Arthur right in the head as he was impaled on his staff. Later that day King Arthur was laid down in a barge by Sir Bedivere and women to where he was taken to Avalon to heal his
Considering all the things that went on with Sir Gawain he was overall not an honorable knight. When Gawain first challenged Launcelot and lost. But Launcelot was an honorable knight who stuck to the code and didn’t kill Gawain while down on ground. Therefor Gawain had his life spared and went back to the castle to heal his wounds. As soon as Sir Gawain was at full strength somewhere in his mind he thought that it would be a good idea to challenge Launcelot a second time. As Launcelot said “Sir Gawain , while you stand on your …show more content…
By now Gawain is thinking how foolish he was to challenge Launcelot and how he forgives him as he is dying. All at the same time this is going on Arthur starts to get very vengeful for all his fallen knights and starts to manipulate himself into thinking that he has to kill his son Mordred. Which in turn seems to be his downfall. As he was sleeping he had a dream about Gawain but ignores Ghost Gawain as said “plead with you not to give battle to Sir Modred .. for if you do, not only will you yourself be killed but all your noble followers too.” (l.49-52) (p.233) Gawain’s advice was to “make a treaty with Sir Modred, calling a truce for a month .. In a month Sir Launcelot will be here .. he will defeat Sir Modred.” (l.52-56) (p.233)
In the end King Arthur doesn't care if he dies or not. All that matters to him is revenge for everybody that has fallen to Mordred. When the battle commences Arthur and Modred are going with everything. A bloodthirsty Arthur got a lucky blow with Excalibur through Modred, right below the stomach and Mordred knew that he was going to die so he struck Arthur right in the head as he was impaled on his staff. Later that day King Arthur was laid down in a barge by Sir Bedivere and women to where he was taken to Avalon to heal his