Chivalry In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight a tale that was written by an unknown author whom bore the pseudonym, ‘The Pearl Poet.’ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a poem about a knight named Sir Gawain who undergoes many trials and tribulations throughout a year which led to his fulfilling a promise made to a Green Knight. Throughout the trials that Gawain endures, his chivalry and nobility are tested repeatedly. Throughout history many scholars have debated whether Sir Gawain is of noble character or not. The story of Sir Gawain’s adventure begins in King Arthur’s court on New Year’s Day in Camelot. During a feast in Arthur’s court, Arthur issues a challenge to his guest for a story. As if on cue, a man upon a green horse rode into court. The man wore elaborate green clothing traced with gold, his hair and beard green same as his steed. The knight adorned in green bore an axe in his hand along with a bough of holly in the other. The uninvited and mysterious Green Knight issued a challenge to all knights within the court. The

While freezing to death in his armor on Christmas day, Gawain prays that he might find a place to hear Christmas Mass. Upon opening his eyes after the prayer the young knight sees a castle not so distant from

While his self-realization and criticism is indeed noble, one may claim that the true test of his chivalry is upon his trials in the forest, the castle, and the Green Chapel. it is truly when Gawain repents his sins that he reveals he is indeed a noble person and does not fall into the traps that were laid before him. Sir Gawain has repented and for his action “[Sir] Gawain has taken the decisive steps in his spiritual restoration; he has faced up to his fault, and made his peace, by penitence and recitation, with the Green