Sir Ector

In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer based each character off all the various kinds of people from the Middle Ages. He makes most of the pilgrims very true to what they were stereotyped as at the time, but he also gave each one of them very distinct personalities and idiosyncrasies, such as the knight having a rust stain on his undergarment. Chaucer’s version of a Middle-Age innkeeper, Harry Bailly, was very accurate to what a good innkeeper would have been like at the time, as was his inn,…

as the Green Knight. Similar to the manner the serpent deceives Adam and Eve by saying that they “will not die” and they will be “like God, knowing good and evil,” the Green Knight entices Sir Gawain into taking the challenge by degrading the honor of his fellow knights (The New Oxford Annotated Bible 14). Sir Gawain stated he was “the most wanting in wisdom” and was the weakest of the knights marking his lack of knowledge and experience in the world much like Adam and Eve (Stone 37). With his…

Lauren McMillan Professor Kelley World Literature 20 November 2015 Sir Gawain: A Medieval Hero The tale of Sir 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…

Throughout time, society has come in contact with individuals who are praised due to their bravery, loyalty, humility, and tendency to go beyond the limit. One may call these individuals heroes and if asked to give some examples of heroism, one may pick the literary hero Beowulf and the modern comic book hero Batman. Both Beowulf and Batman are similar when it comes to physical strength, and protecting citizen’s lives. However, Beowulf and Batman are two heroes from different moments in time.…

1800’s, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight became a poetic masterpiece. Sir Gawain served his king bravely, courageously, and never declined a challenge, demonstrating the components of a true knight. The suit of armor may signify the strength and the status of a knight. A knight’s code of chivalry was proved not only by their words and actions, but also the shield in which they carried. Metals and pins may tell a story of what a hero or a chivalrous person has endured in order to earn it. Sir…

Combined with courage was often the virtue of self-sacrifice: the willingness to place oneself in danger to assure the safety of others. This noble attitude has often been trivialized and made almost into a cliche in some fiction, but its origins in heroic literature are much more serious as numerous squires die protecting their knights. (58) Although Sam is not a warrior he shows undying devotion to his master as he follows him into danger and refuses to leave him. Frodo is a hero because he is…

Is it conceivable that nature is the ultimate component that dominates all other forces or principles in the world? From the starting point of the poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Green Knight had expressed all essential features of nature. Nature and civilization are the two central ideas that kept being brought to the table. These two elements were in a constant battle to see which one compels a person to make crucial decisions that one might encounter on their journey in life.…

In the story Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, Sir Gawain shows a lot of outstanding characteristics. Gawain has the reputation of being a great knight and an elegant lover. He takes pride in himself and his viewpoint of the five points of chivalry in every aspect of his life. Gawain is a capstone of humility, devotion, integrity, loyalty, and honesty. Although he is a man of many characteristics, his main characteristic is integrity. Sir Gawain shows integrity through being selfless, reliable,…

a knight you put your life on the line for your lady and king. The excerpt from Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, translated by Burtin Raffel, demonstrates the code of chivalry Gawain’s brave actions in an effort to reflect the enhancement of the character in this literature of the Middle Ages. One example of chivalry was when Gawain stepped up and took the axe over author to swing the axe at the Green knight.( Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. ) This shows his loyalty because he did not…

According to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, being a good knight is made difficult by the strong pull of earthly and bodily desire coupled with pride. Sir Gawain is not just tempted because of the loveliness of Sir Bertilak's wife; he is tempted by his own desire to live above all else. Although Gawain constantly refers to duty and to the need to render his fate to God, he does not put his trust completely in his faith because he takes the girdle out of fear that he will not actually be…