Sir Gawain took the Green Knight’s challenge as this part of the chivalry code of honor of all knights. He asked to take the challenge himself as King Arthur was being mocked by the Green Knight. Gawain does his moral duty by standing up for his uncle King Arthur and showing him his loyalty by saying that his life would be less missed. Gawain took the challenge to uphold his ideals of how a real knight should act. At that moment, Gawain didn’t realize that by accepting the Green Knight's challenge he has been tested for his knightly honor and that his chivalric code would be further tested in along his journey to meet with the green knight, though , in the end of his journey he realized that he could not always live up to such high ideals since he was human …show more content…
“By showing that even the best knights is not perfect, the poet reveals that the balance between knightly morals, courtliness, and thoughts of selfishness is able to breached” In which Gawain forced himself into actions that would result in unavoidable disaster and he ended up failing himself and his code of chivalry thus, he knows he has failed, by all means, his strive up uphold his honor.
Sir Gawain undergoes many trials of courage, honor and courtesy, but failed to pass his major test of morality. As a result of his failure of his failure to uphold his code of chivalry, he is clearly affected with deep remorse ashamed with cowardice. Sir Gawain was generously forgiven for his own un-loyalty, he was left with faith and hope despite his actions. In conclusion, he learns that no knight is near being perfect without making any