Chivalry In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

Charles Kingsley says, “Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left undressed on earth.” Around the 1200’s, the tale of King Arthur and Merlin started to emerge and show the way of how knights lived in their days. When we think of King Arthur, we think of knights, swords, jousting, and the roundtable, but there was a code in which all of these were influenced by. If you were to be a knight, you were to live under a code called chivalry, which is kind of like the Anglo-Saxon code to the Anglo-Saxon warriors. Although, the Anglo-Saxon code and chivalry are two different things, but they are kind of similar in a way: they are both are guidance manuals. In the story,

When we honor someone, usually after their death, we honor them in way to make them look good for who they are. This was a huge deal for knights to show respect, but not to one other person, but to themselves and their families. An example from, “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” would be the dearly trusted knight and nephew of Arthur, Sir Gawain. When the Green Knight offered his challenge, and Gawain wanting to stand up for it he makes an interesting phrase. He says, “I am the weakest, well I know, and of wit feeblest; and the loss of my life would be least of any; that I have you for uncle is my only praise.” He knows he’s not the greatest knight of them all, but he’ll do anything in honor for his king. In “Morte d’Arthur”, after King Arthur passes away, Sir Bedivere did what he thought would be the most honorable thing for Arthur. He says, “For from hence will I never go by my will, but all the days of my life here to pray for my lord Arthur.” Then he vows for the rest of his life to serve for the hermit to fast and pray. There are other characteristics shown from the two