Agreeing with and enjoying almost every point has been said, I do find it worthy to comment more on the idea of perfection. It seems that the author is trying to emphasize on the imperfection of King Arthur’s knights. Sir Gawain is just a story in which the poet attempts to show the journey of a young knight who gets a great lesson by making him recognize his fear of death as much as he tries to show his pride and courage at the beginning of the poem. Gawain’s keeping the green girdle is a symbol of his love of life. We knew that by his refusal of exchanging it with the lord of the castle. In that way, the poet symbolizes the faultiness of Gawain for not honoring his promise to Bertilak. Another aspect of the poem I would like to share is
