What Are The Similarities Between Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Chivalry

In Green Knight and Arthur there are many time where the knights in the story show chivalry. There are other people such as Markman rejects mythic or supernatural interpretations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, suggesting instead that the poem focuses on "its human hero" as an exemplar of virtue and achievement as opposed to the view of chivalry. In the beginning of Green Knight we see that Gawain has shown chivalry when he chooses to take the place of Arthur. In the end of Green Knight we see chivalry with Gawain keeping his word with the Green Knight. In Arthur we see chivalry when he creates the round table for him and all his knights. In the the tales they both have chivalry from many knights, it shows how all knights live the chivalry code. …show more content…
When he first asks to a volunteer King Arthur is one of the first ones to take up the offer but Gawain says to King Arthur “ Would you grant me the grace to be gone from this bench and stand by you there”. Then when Gawain took the place in King Arthur he showed chivalry by taking the place of his king and saving the kings from the green knight. There was this magic that green knight had that allowed him to still live even after Gawain chopped his head off with an axe. Lindley says this about the green knight and his magic “the poem uses magic to question the authenticity of chivalric posturing, suggesting the dangerous consequences that can occur when games are confused with