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    An Analysis of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” I. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Norton Anthology of English Literature‚ Vol. I Ed. Stephen Greenblatt and M. H. Abrams. New York: Norton‚ 2006. 162-213. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a romantic poem from the Middles Ages. It is the story of one of King Arthur’s knightsSir Gawain‚ who enters a game with the mysterious Green Knight. The game is an exchange of strokes with an axe‚ but the Green Knight states that a “twelvemonth

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    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a passionate tale about a knight struggling with trying to do what’s right versus doing what is needed to do in order to stay alive. This poem is about the chivalrous romance of Sir Gawain and the Bertilaks. It goes through Sir Gawain’s personal struggles as he goes through temptations and trials set up by both Lord and Lady Bertilak. The poem describes how Sir Gawain accepts the challenge of the Green Knight and losses. Sir Gawain struggles to keep his bargain

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    The Pursuit of Civilization In Sir Gawain and The Green Knight‚ the trials that the Green Knight sets for Gawain are all designed to make Gawain aware of his loss of touch with primal human nature and the natural world. Throughout Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ the Pearl Poet plays on Man’s disconnection with nature and how disconnection with nature robs one of the skillset most essential for basic survival and decision making. Every one of the trials that Gawain goes through contains an underlying

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    Sir Gawain and The Green Knight Comparison and Contrast Essay Sir Gawain and The Green Knight is a tale of adventure and a story of journey and games‚ but it is also a morality tale. Sir Gawain is an honorable character who is concerned about the protection and elevation of his honor as a knight. However‚ because he is ashamed about having acquired the attention of Bertilak’s wife‚ he neglects to tell his host. This exclusion of the truth violates the rules of the game that Gawain and the Green

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    Sir Gawain Essay In Sir Gawain and the Green KnightSir Gawain continuously proves his knightly virtues and code of honor. Chivalry includes bravery‚ honor‚ and courtesy. He proves that he is in fact a "real" Knight. He shows his bravery by shying away from nothing and no one. He proves his honor and courtesy to everyone he meets by showing respect to all whether he receives it back or not. 	Sir Gawain shows his bravery the first moment he has the chance to‚ when the Green

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    Many scholars offer different interpretations to the meaning of the poem‚ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Several of them interpret the poem as a test of knighthood virtues and believe the first failure of Sir Gawain’s knightly virtue happens during the green girdle test. A particular journal‚ “The Meaning of ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚’” by Gordon M. Shedd suggests the heroic struggle that Sir Gawain faces is the truth about “the nature of man” and “the code he finds lacking” (Shedd 4). In

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    medieval period when chivalry was at its peak knights were expected to not only to go into battle‚ but also show politeness and gratitude for their king. While many knights were raised with this mindset some‚ of course‚ had to be taught. During this time period the Arthurian Legends were quite popular in the royal courts and were used as teaching instruments. Sir Gawain in particular showed the most examples of chivalry toward his king than any other knight. He not only respected his king‚ but also

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    poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight written by the Pearl Poet‚ Sir Gawain is proven to be a true knight. The Pearl Poet proves Sir Gawain’s true knightmenship in many different ways. Sir Gawain succeeds in earning the title “true knight” by passing the Green Knight’s test and proving the valor of King Arthur’s knights‚ but he makes mistakes in the process because he is human‚ like everyone else. The first thing that Sir Gawain does in the story that proves that he is indeed a true knight is that

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    examples of medieval romance are Beowulf‚ King Arthur and a main focus on Sir Gawain and the Green knight. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a story about King Arthur’s nephew‚ Gawain. The story is about a mighty green knight who comes to the round table wanting to play a game. A brave knight will strike the green knight with an axe once after a year the green knight gets to return the strike to whomever strike him. However the Knight must find him and as we learn in the story his boast about how easy

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    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a romance of a knight’s adventure/quest as an ordinary person would see it as. An adventure where Sir Gawain goes through many test to get to the Green Knight. Though the romance may just seem like an ordinary quest getting fulfilled‚ there are many things going on than what is shown in black and white. A thorough analysis of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight shows the importance of the meals in the romantic novel‚ as it displayed bonds of rivalry‚ bonds between the

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