In the book Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by the pearl poet, Sir Gawain showed ideas of chivalry, and Westley in the movie The Princess Bride by Rob Reiner. Between both the book and the movie, Westley showed more ideas of chivalry. The idea of chivalry is when a character shows sincerity, boldness, and temperance. Sincerity is when a hero must be truthful with everything that happens. Boldness is when the hero dies for their cause without fear. Temperance is when the hero keeps self-control and moderation in everything. Both characters showed very good boldness when it comes to their stories. Wesley showed boldness when he was willing to drink the icone to get Buttercup back. “I'll tell you in a minute. First,let's drink -- me from my glass,and you from …show more content…
He was waiting to reveal what one had the powder until after they both drank it. This shows that he was willing to drink the icone powder if it meant that it was going to save Buttercup. Unlike Gawain when the Green Knight sword was held up to him, he flinched before the Green Knight to swing his sword. “But Gawain glanced sideways at that war-axe as it came speeding groundwards as it to destroy him,and with his shoulders recoiled from the steel”(2265-2267). Gawain got scared because of how big the ax was, and he knew if that ax hit him he would be dead. One other thing that made Westley show more boldness is when Butter Cup fell into the lighting sand he went in right after her. Once she fell, he quickly grabbed a vine and tied it around him and jumped in to get her. But Sir Gawain, when no one in his castle was accepting the Green Knight challenge, he did because he thought he was the smallest and the weakest, even though he was not. Gawain needs a lot of courage to take on this challenge. Overall, I believe that Westly showed more boldness because no matter what the outcome was going to happen, he was going to do