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    poet’s Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, an epic talk emerges to reveal a man’s journey of honesty, morals, and honor. Sir Gawain accepts a challenge in place of his uncle King Arthur, with hidden tests. The tests that we’re giving to him is when he was forced when the Green Knight gave him the challenge. Then there was the test when lord Bertilak wife tried to seduce him. The other one was when Gawain keeping his word and actually going through with the challenge. At the Green Chapel Gawain…

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    Then the green knight challenges king Arthur and he says someone must volunteer to take the challenge. Nobody wanted to volunteer and King Arthur got really mad until one person named Sir Gawain wanted to volunteer. Arthur grants Gawain’s request to take on the green knight’s challenge. The green knight asks Gawain to identify himself and to agree to their pact. Arthur and his Knights are gathered to celebrate Christmas and a New Year with Feasting and Revelry. In the middle of…

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    in the story. It represents the ideal qualities of a medieval knight during the 1300-1400s, the values of chivalry are including loyalty, courage, justice, mercy, faith...and in this poem, it specifically determines the values and actions of Sir Gawain and other characters. These ideals of chivalry are carried together in Gawain’s shield and the pentangle which represents the five virtues of knights.Gawain’s faithfulness to these virtues is tested throughout his journey. He keeps loyal and…

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    In “Sir Gawain and The Green Knight,” the author uses symbols throughout the poem to show how the challenges Gawain must face helps him to grow as a hero. In the beginning of the poem, gawain feels unworthy of being a knight and declares that he is “the weakest..and [that] the loss of [his] life would be the least of any.” (line 128-129) Gawain’s negative thoughts about himself leads him to embark on a quest to prove to himself his worth and represent honor. In the eyes of gawain the green…

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    Have you ever heard of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight? Well if not it is a very interesting poem. King Arthur and his knights were at the round table celebrating the new year when they were interrupted by a Green Knight on a horse arrived. He had proposed a challenge to the king and his knights to cut the Green Knight’s head off and then a year later let the him do the same to the one who took the challenge. Sir Gawain volunteered to step in for the king. He also overcomes some obstacles that…

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    The astonishing poem of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight written by an unknown author who maybe is Geoffrey Chaucer; however, there are many translations and variation. Readers are best familiar with J.R.R Tolkien version of the poem. He developed a story of putting Sir Gawain through a series of events and adventures designed to test his courage and devotion to the code of chivalry. Throughout his journey he has demonstrated his loyalty to his King and Queen along with chivalric qualities of a…

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    Beowulf , sir Gawain and Green Knight Compare and contrast Theme, setting, and characters #Summary Beowulf - evil is concurred, then another evil is brought up, then concurred again. Then another evil defeates the conquerer, then a new successors is to take possession. #Summary Gawain- leaders were challenged, challenged accepted. Challenge achieved. Gawain waits a year and a day. Looks for his challenger comes upon a nice family that he is accepted in to live with, gifts received and given…

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    (Thesis statement): Although on the surface Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is not an overtly Christian story it is obvious that the author held Christianity in high regard due to Sir Gawain’s shield and the religious imagery it holds. The author takes care in explaining, with great detail, the shield that Sir Gawain is given to carry during his adventures. This shows us the importance of not only the shield, the knight’s main form of defense, but also of the imagery on said shield. “Then they…

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    gentlemanly behavior". In this romance, the knight's code questioned in regards to Arthur's bravest knight, Gawain. Lancelot is usually portrayed as the best of the Round Table in modern tales. However, earlier versions of King Arthur's group display his nephew, Gawain, as the greatest of them all. The Gawain Poet's "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" entails the theme of integrity as Gawain receives challenges from the Green Knight which includes a ridiculous task, finding a castle, and remaining…

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    There are many main themes in the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, but three of the most important ones are the themes of salvation, morality, and truth. These themes help connect Christianity to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. These themes are so important to the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight because the whole book is set around salvation, morality, truth, and any other themes. All of these themes tie in to one another and help connect other parts of many of the King Arthur…

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