Similarities Between Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Chivalry

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“The Discussion of Chivalry”

The story of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight translated by Marie Borroff and Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, are great stories that shows what heroes are all about. The story Sir Gawain and The Green Knight translated by Marie Borroff, is about a man named Sir Gawain who takes the place of King Arthur so the green knight does not cut off his head. The one thing that the green knight requests is that he will be able to do the same thing back to the Sir Gawain. So Sir Gawain takes the offer and he cut off the knights head but it doesn’t kill him. From there Sir Gawain takes a trip and finds a castle a year later where he meets a lord. At the lord's place the lord sets up a game to see if he is

loyal to his word. In the end of the story the people find out that they green knight is actually the lord of the castle. The second story that we studied is Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory in this story people recognize it as the legend that people tell them. In the beginning it is about King Arthur and he has to battle his son because he is one of the most evil people in the world. When King Arthur goes to fight his son Mordred he is warned that he should not go fight till Sir Lancelot returns. So King Arthur tell his knights to go meet with Sir Mordred's men to see if they can come out with an agreement, but in the end they all start a war. In the end of the story King Arthur has to go against his son Mordred and he kills his son and he is injured his mortality. So by this happening he has one of his knights throw the sword excalibur into the water and has his knight tell him what happens. It takes the knight a few times to do it but then he does it and a hand comes out of the lake to grab it. After this the knight takes King Arthur to a place by the shore and he rides off with some women promising to come back when the work needs him to become king. In an article John he stated, “The Arthurian story, with its elements of mystery, magic, love, war, adventure, betrayal, chivalry, and fate, has touched the popular imagination and has become part of the world's shared mythology.” (Wickersham) This shows all the things that the knights and the men had to follow with the chivalric code. In both of the stories Sir Gawain and The Green Knight translated by Marie Borroff and Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory they show what it is like to have chivalry.
The first thing that shows chivalry in the story Sir Gawain and The Green Knight translated by Marie Borroff, is when the green knight tells Sir Gawain to meet him in one year.

By having the green knight do this in his story it will show if Sir Gawain is true to his word and that he will be an honorable man. If Sir Gawain is not seen in a year but the knight he will be known to not to be true to his word and he is a dishonorable man. In the story Sir Gawain and The Green Knight they stated, “And you have followed me faithfully and found me bedtimes, and on the business between us we both are agreed: twelve months ago today you took what was yours.” The author stated this the story because they want to show how Sir Gawain followed through with the promise that they made to come back in a year. Another way that chivalry is shown in this story by having Sir Gawain meet the knight it shows that he has a lot of courage and that he would do anything to be seen as an honorable man. Also in the beginning when Sir Gawain agrees to go find the knight at his castle it shows chivalry because he has to be brave because he thinks that since he cut off the green knight's head he will do the same instead of playing games to see if he is actually very true to his word or that he will know how to follow the chivalric code. The last thing that shows chivalry in the story of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight is when he is tested on how he will treat his wife.This is shown when he is vary loyal to his wife. This is shown through chivalry because during the medieval century the knight are known to have to be loyal to the people that they know or to the lords or the noble women. In an article Edward stated, “Written in the last quarter of the fourteenth century, another poem that belongs to the so-called fourteenth-century "Alliterative Revival," Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, depicts the challenge brought to Camelot by a monstrous Green Knight, who is elaborately described as a hybrid

of courtly elegance and primitive naturalism.”(Bleiberg) The reason why this is important is because ot shows how there are very mysterious things that happened in this story. Clearly, there is many parts in the story of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight that shows that Sir Gawain has chivalry.
The important thing that shows chivalry in the story of Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, is when King Arthur allows a person to become a knight even though he is not ready. The reason why this shows chivalry is because it take a lot of courage for King Arthur to be willing to trust as knight that he knows is not ready to go search for his comrade. The name of the of the knight Gryfflette and the reason why he wanted to become a knight is so that he could fight for the honor of his fellow comrade. By doing this it also shows that the new knight is honorable and would do anything for one of his friends. Another way the knight shows chivalry is because he is willing to go find his friend and this takes a lot of courage for him to go find his friend. Also in this story another thing that shows chivalry is honor. Honor is shown in this story because the knight named Lancelot would show mercy to other knights if they were begging for mercy and this shows that he is an honorable man. In the story Morte d’Arthur they Thomas stated, “and proffer you largely you so that tomorn ye put in a delay. For within a month shall come Sir Lancelot with all his noble knights and rescue you worshipfully and slay Sir Mordred and all that ever will hold him with.” This is shown in the story because it shows that Lancelot is and honorable man and King Arthur knows that he is. Being honorable is important to the chivalric code because if the are honorable they will also be loyal and that they are true to their word. Clearly, in the story of Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, chivalry is shown in having courage and honor and showing it to others that they have to work with.
Another thing in the story Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory that shows chivalry is because of loyalty that is showed in the story. Loyalty is shown in this story when King Arthur goes to fight King Pellinore and his friend named merlin stays with him even though he knows that King Arthur can not win against King Pellinore. Also loyalty is shown because all of Arthur’s men are very loyal to him and they would stay with him even if they think that he will not win. The loyalty of the knights are shown in the article when Thomas states, “And thus they fought all the long day and never stinted till the noble knights laid to the cold earth.” The author stated this in his story to show the loyalty to their king even though it may get them killed in the process. Another way that chivalry is shown in this story is the loyalty to the women that are in the story. This is shown in the story because by showing how the knights will treat their women it shows that they will be trustworthy and that they will stay loyal to their king. Also this is important because the knight have to be loyal and king to women because if they are not they are not seen as if they are willing to give their life for their king. In an article by Catherine she stated, “However, a fissure runs through Le Morte d'Arthur deriving from the amalgamation of two traditions: a British chanson de geste strain emphasizing military courage, Christianity, and group loyalty centered on Arthur, and a French roman courtois strand focused on Lancelot.” (Phillips) In this article they show what the knights will have to do to be at the round table. Clearly, in the story Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory there is many parts in the story that shows how both King Arthur and his knights will show that they have chivalry.
In both the stories Sir Gawain and The Green Knight translated by Marie Borroff and Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory shows many things that are related to chivalry. The reason why the knight of the round table followed by this code is because if they do this it will make them a gentle man. The first way that chivalry was shown in the story Sir Gawain and The Green Knight is by the courage that Sir Gawain shows when he agrees to meet the green knight after a year after he cut off the green knight's head. The reason why this shows chivalry is because without the courage the knights would not be doing the things that they are and that they would not have the courage or the bravery to fight the other people. The first chivalry that is shown in the story Morte d’arthur is when Sir Lancelot shows mercy to the other knights when they are begging for mercy. By doing this it will show that they are very honorable men and that they are true to their words. The last way that chivalry is shown in the story Morte d’Arthur through the loyalty that Arthur's men have for him. This is shown in the story when Merlin stays with King Arthur even though he does not think that he will win the fight with King Pellinore. In an article Janet stated, “The English author Sir Thomas Malory (active 15th century) wrote Le Morte Darthur, one of the most popular prose romances of the medieval period. The work was the first full-length book in English about the adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.”(Cowen) The reason why they arot this is so that people will know how important this story is to the people. Clearly, there is chivalry in both the stories Sir Gawain and The Green Knight translated by Marie Borroff and Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory through loyalty, honor, and courage.