Knights Templar

Gawain is an ordinary knight attending festivities at a feast held by King Arthur himself. Then enters the Green Knight, and challenges King Arthur. He planned to test the attributes that make a king and a knight alike. Sir Gawain refuses to let the king be harmed and stands in place for him. At this moment the Green Knight is intrigued by his apparent chivalry and challenges him. Like many stories of the same narrative in the medieval time period, “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” draws on the…

The stories of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf both tells the stories of two honorable and noble kings, whose bravery is put to the test when they have to overcome obstacles in order to succeed in returning a favor and keeping a promise. There are some similarities and some differences that could be analyzed from these stories due to the fact that they both have heroic reputations that they seem to own up to by the end of them. Although, along with the similarities are the…

(An analysis of chivalry as observed in the Arthurian texts, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Song of Roland, Perceval, and Morte D’Arthur) Chivalry is commonly known as being gentleman-like. If someone has chivalry, he is respectful and holds the door for people. But where does this idea of chivalry come from? Back in the middle ages, the Code of Chivalry was born with the rise of King Arthur and his Knights. Scholar Chantry Westwell states, “The epic tales of King Arthur’s court, of chivalry,…

The concept of loyalty is strongly related to the concept of knighthood. The image of the Knights of the Round Table can hardly be imagined without thinking of the loyalty amongst those knights. In “The Morte Darthur,” the loyalty that has been established between the Knights of the Round Table is shattered when loyalties are pledged to single knights instead of the whole group. Throughout “The Morte Darthur,” themes of loyalty are very apparent and can be seen in stark contrast to the themes…

tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, we meet the heroic Sir Gawain, who is faced with a very important quest. He was put up to a very particular test during the Christmastide that he fears will cost him his life. As a knight though, he is bound by the knight virtues to keep his word or troth. Troth being in medieval literature, the fidelity to one’s own word no matter what shall happen. The idea of Troth is the central focus of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. During the Christmas season…

Gawain and the Green Knight belongs to the literary genre known as romance. In romance literary pieces, courtly love and chivalry are two idealized standards of behavior. Loyalty, courage, integrity, purity, and courtesy are all attributes of a knight that displays chivalry (Shmoop Editorial Team). Sir Gawain, King Arthur’s nephew and a knight of the Round Table can be seen as an epitome of chivalry. At the beginning of the poem, he is an eager, optimistic, and loyal knight, obeying the “Rules…

and his men all follow. Chivalry is prominent through the symbol of Sir Gawain’s shield. It has the five symbols of a real knight, there is friendship, being generous, being chaste, being courteous, and piety. Camelot is one of the testing symbols of chivalry in Sir Gawain. Arthur’s whole band is known because it’s so courteous toward others and it’s so good. The Green Knight is the tester in the eyes of chivalry. He says that they were merely words and that they’re nothing more than that, but…

literature, readers can find tales of many great fictional knights. Such works include “Beowulf” by an anonymous author, “Lanval” by Marie de France, and “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” by the Pearl Poet. The three men, who are called Beowulf, Lanval, and Sir Gawain, all share the responsibilities of knighthood. The responsibility for a knight was high, but that does not mean that they were always faultless heroes. These stories of these knights showed their humanity and were written for…

society. The protagonist of the tale, Don Quixote, and his squire, Sancho Panza, venture 17th century Spain following the codes of chivalry, as any Knight-errant should. Chivalry values loyalty, self-control, perseverance, generosity, respect, and honor. Though he cherishes chivalry, Don Quixote, ironically a titled nobleman, is physically nothing like a knight; he is thin, elderly, and has a do-it-yourself suit of armor. Sancho Panza is in the same boat, as he is a middle aged country man with…

distinguished characters introduced is the Knight. It is obvious that Chaucer holds a high opinion of the Knight through his descriptions of the Knight’s chivalry, wisdom, and gallantry. Firstly, Chaucer describes the Knight’s overwhelming chivalry through describing his noble attributes; “Who from the day on which he first began to ride abroad had followed chivalry, truth, honor, generousness and courtesy” (Line 44-46). This quote illustrates the fact that the Knight embodies all the the…