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    the court to play an unfamiliar game. The Green Knight’s rules was to allow the bravest man of all to strike him with his own axe. However‚ within one exact year the person playing the game must receive a blow in return. Of course‚ the king was surprised at the rules demanded by a man who he was not aware of but the Green Knight took his silence as a joke. By mocking King Arthur‚ he steps forward to take the challenge but everything changes once Sir Gawain stops his King and ask to take on the challenge

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    ability to resist earthly temptations. Sir Gawain is the nephew of King Arthur and is a knight of the round table. He appears in more Arthurian-tales than any other knight and is known as the ideal that all knights should strive for. (Joe) In the Arthurian-Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ Sir Gawain faces many challenges and his decisions based on those challenges shape him into the Knight that many know now. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain faces many challenges that shape him

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    One Tragic Defeat The poem‚ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ illustrates the perfection of a knight throughout his life. Sir Gawain the perfect knight goes on a Christmas game quest provided by the Green Knight which tempts his purity and eventually ruins the ideal knight he used to be. In the criticism‚ “A Psychological Interpretation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”‚ the critic Stephen Manning argues that the poem centers on Gawain’s feeling of guilt. On the other hand‚ P. J. C. Field a

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    The Transforming of Women in Medieval Literature as Seen in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Over the countless years of history man and woman have realized that they must come together in order to survive. Whether it was solely for the continuation of our race through procreation‚ or by uniting one with another in matrimony; the two genders have found it impediment to spend their lives in each other’s midst. Over the span of several millennia we not only see the evolution of these relationships

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    “For that noble princess pushed and pressed him” (Line 1770). This line from “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” suggests to readers that the woman of the story is dominant over Sir Gawain. This theme is unusual considering the time period it was written in. During this period‚ women were subordinate to their male counterparts. Men found them to be inferior to their power. The theme of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” can be found in other Middle English poems as well. Geoffrey Chaucer’s stories “The

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    Fantasies of Violence in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight In 2003‚ the motion picture‚ Kill Bill Volume 1‚ debuted in theaters. Set to a backdrop of bloodshed and violence‚ the film offers 112 minutes of savagery‚ as the main character attempts to get back at every person who has wronged her in the past four years. Kill Bill is only one of the many films in which violence is the number one attraction. “Kill or be killed‚” seems to be the overarching motto‚ as millions of moviegoers flock into theaters

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    epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ where Sir Gawain is characterized as a very honorable‚ chivalrous knight. Throughout the poem‚ Gawain’s unceasing commitment to his code of chivalry provides a protection against‚ thus proving the value and necessity of chivalry. An integral component to a knight’s code of honor‚ the code of chivalry‚ is integrity. Integrity allowed knights to remain steadfast and committed to the other values of chivalry. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ when Sir Gawain

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    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Answer the following questions completely. Remember writing well is critical. 1.  What is the Green Knight’s challenge to King Arthur’s court? A: the knight said that he doesn’t want to fight such puny knights‚ he wants to play a game‚ the game is that someone can hit him with his axe but in 1 year and 1 day he can come back and do the same thing. 2.  What do you think the Green Knight symbolizes? Think critically. A: I think that the knight knows that he is stronger

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    “The Green Knight’s initial exercise of power derives from his status as an unidentified and as a querying identifier” (234). The Green Knight orders power without letting people know his true identity. The Green Knight showed that he had power and that he was not scared of king Arthur and his throne because he showed up unannounced and in a spontaneous manner

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    worthiness. In "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚" loyalty had been misused by Sir Gawain. Gawain had broken his promise to the king he had stayed with by not giving him the girdle the queen had given him. This action made Gawain un loyal because he broke the one rule the king had given him. A similar action takes place in the present day‚ in which an act of un loyalty can be made through marriage. Husbands or wives can break their vows by cheating on their spouse. Just like Gawain who had cheated

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