The Hero's Journey In Beowulf, Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe have characters which protray the hero’s journey. In Beowulf, Beowulf stands out as a narcissistic knight who travels to a distant country in order to prove his worthiness by fighting not one, but three attackers and dying in order to save the Heorot. Sir Gawain is tested but the Green Knight not mentally, but physically. Even being betrayed by her own brother, Lucy overcomes her anamocity and saves Edmund. These three characters all have one thing in common: they are heroes. The prologue of Beowulf starts out with how well-known he is “through the north” (Beowulf, 19). Every individual detail is admired by people everywhere; including himself. Beowulf was

Whomever steps up for this has, according tot he Green Knight, “a year and a day’s reprieve” to prepare for the Green Knight to return the hit (Sir Gawain, 119-120). Sir Gawain, a pompous knight who protects King Arthur and the round table, accepted the challenge and strike the Green Knight, not knowing that the Green Knight has supernatural abilites. Two months prior to the time for Sir Gawain to be at the Green Chapel he set off on his horse Gringolet, and said goodbye to his friends and the people of the court. He goes off to the castle of lord Bercilak, where he stayed until he met the Green Knight. “The lord proposes a game- he will give Gawain the winnings of his hunt each day in return for whatever Gawain has won while staying in his castle.” Gawain accepted this game and at the end of his stay, he gave lord Bercilak a kiss like the lady gave him keeping all of his promise except giving the lord the girdle that was given to him. Then, he goes to the Green Chapel where he is to meet his end. Sir Gawain “shall stand still, and offer [you] no hinderance” (Sir Gawain, 388-390). Sir Gawain, like the brave knight he is, toke off his armor and stood still while the Green Knight was to decapitate him. Yet, instead of killing him the Green Knight expains on how Sir Gawain was tested. Without Sir Gawain’s knowledge,

She came into the world of Narnia and met a Faun named Mr. Tumnus. Like most animals, Mr. Tunmus was under the influence of the evil whitch, the White Witch. Instead of turning Lucy over like he was supposed to he let her go. When Lucy returned to the normal world she told her siblings about the alternative universe none of them believed her especially Edmund who called her, ¨batty¨ (Lewis, 26). Proceeding the agrument, Edmund followed her into the wardrobe and stepped into Narnia meeting no other than the White Witch. The White Witch knew of the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve. They are told to be the true kings and queens of Narnia. The White Witch tricked Edmund with an ¨enchanted Turkish Delight¨ that would overtake anyone´s true conscious mind (Lewis, 39). He told the White Witch about Mr. Tumnis and how he was going to bring all his siblings to her and left. Lucy found Edmund after his talk with the Witch and they both exited Narnia and told her siblings, Peter and Susan, that Edmund was able to back up her story. Edmund, instead of backing her up, told their siblings that he was ¨pretending that all her story about a country in the wardrobe is true” (Lewis, 48). Time and time again Edmund discounted everything that Lucy said. Yet, when Edmund was taken by the White Witch Lucy asked Aslan, the Lion of Narnia, and Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, her guides if there was ¨anything be done to save Edmund¨ (Lewis,