Holy Grail Research Paper

In this story, Sir Gawain is a very respected knight of King Arthur’s and volunteers to take the Green Knight's challenge in King Arthur’s place. The Green Knight's challenge was for anyone to come forward and cut his head off with his own ax. In one year and one day the Green Knight would return the favor. Already Sir Gawain is showing to be a respected and noble knight who follows the code well. It is getting close to the time when Sir Gawain needs to meet up with the Green Knight to honor his challenge. Then, Sir Gawain stumbles upon a castle, and the lord there lets him stay for a couple of nights. The lord of the manor goes hunting every day and at the end of the day, him and Sir Gawain will trade what they have won. The lady of the manor tries to get into bed with Sir Gawain every morning, but he resists because he knows it's wrong and dishonest. Then she offers him a gold ring, which he also doesn't take. “I cannot accept these gifts, for I have nothing to give in return” (Sir Gawain 204). The queen is tempting Sir Gawain to take these gifts and he follows the code and rejects them respectfully, as a knight should. The queen gives him a kiss, and that is what he shares with the king at the end of every day, as he was instructed and promised to do. Next, Sir Gawain gets offered a green sash that is given to him by the queen that

Shown to be a noble high class knight, Gawain’s behavior portrays that he is a brave and moral character. When King Arthur is about to meet the Green Knight’s challenge, Gawain steps in to take his place and asserts that he is the weakest of all knights and that he would not be missed if he had died. He conveys that he is truly humble and is willing to sacrifice himself for his uncle, expressing his courage and chivalric values of selfless loyalty. Furthermore, Gawain is depicted as “reputed good and, like gold well refined, He was devoid of all villainy, every virtue displaying”, hence the golden pentangle represents his purity and given that it is also a symbol of religion, Gawain depicts that he wants to be connected to God and maybe

Gawain however will not coward out and will remain loyal to the agreement and shrugs off the warning. He eventually runs into the Green Chapel and calls out for the Green Knight. The Green Knight takes three swings at Gawain purposefully missing the first two, and then nipping the neck of Gawain on the third blow. Gawain, not harmed, arose and requested to fight the Green Knight drawing his sword. The Green Knight says he didn’t want to fight only because Gawain has fulfilled the agreement already. He explains that he spared Gawain the first two times for receiving the kisses back from him but the third blow was for not returning the Green Girdle he received. Gawain was thankful and explained that women were the reason for men’s downfall giving examples. The Green Knight introduces himself as Lord Bertilak and explained the Old lady whose face was covered was his Aunt Morgan Le Fay, Merlin’s apprentice, and that he had a spell cast on him. He says the main reason he came to King Arthur’s court was Morgan Le Fay’s plan to scare Queen Guinevere to death. He asked Gawain to come and stay at his castle because he is loved there but he declines and rides back to Camelot with The Girdle under his left arm to show that he committed fault to enemies back along the way as well as the

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The back of the shield has the image of Mary painted on it to help Gawain mentally when he was losing faith and hope. During his journey, Gawain loses hope to the point that he knows the only way he can survive is with the help of Mary. With little hope left, “Sir Gawain, at that tide, / To Mary made his prayer, / For fain he was to ride / Where he might shelter share” (Weston, II. x. 24-27). When he has finished praying, he finds up ahead of him a large, two mile wide castle that was not there before. Without Mary, Gawain would most likely have not been able to make it to the Green Chapel, and all of the Knights of the Round Table would be known as cowards. Because of this,

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Gawain ,an honorable knight, is woken by a beautiful woman. The Lords lady. Gawain was to stay in the castle of this lord until he was to meet with The Green Knight. The lord and his men went on a hunt each morning. The woman spoke and tried her best to seduce Gawain to no prevail. She managed to kiss Gawain. The day went on with the two talking and flirting but committing no evils. The lord later came back with his winnings from the hunt that day. He gave them to Gawain and Gawain exchanged his winnings with him aswell ,a kiss. The lord asks where this came from and Gawain says “ You have given me your winnings so I will give you mine” This happens for the next three days. The last day the lady offers herself to Gawain but he denies. She offers

In search of the Green Knight, Gawain travels through the wilderness and comes to recognize his true subordination to nature and not merely social constructs. It is amidst his battling of vicious beasts, cold rain, wild forests and more, where he begins to feel the mortality of mankind and the need to pray to a greater being that “Mary may be his guide” (738). This prayer and recognition of a larger force beyond him leads directly to the discovery of the Palace of Bertilak de Hautdesert.

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Make no mistake, I took what I came for—the sacred relic stolen from my father that can restore the fortunes of my keep. I should have been content then, to return home with my prize. Alas, I let desire rule me. For I have dared to tempt Gawain—to best me, bewitch me and even bed me, in pursuit of my treasure.

At the beginning of the tale, Sir Gawain struggles with loyalty. The Green Knight came to test the honesty of one person, so he announces a game. No one volunteers because they are stunned by the weirdness of his request. The Green Knight calls out King Arthur himself to take the challenge. So, Arthur takes the challenge but Sir Gawain steps forward to accept his challenge when he was confronted by the Green Knight. Gawain accepts the challenge to chop off the Green Knight’s head, Before he knew that the Green Knight has supernatural abilities. So, after he chops the Green Knights head off, he stills survive. Instead of dying, the Green Knight walked over to his own head, picks it up, turns it to face Gawain, and tells him to meet him at the Green Chapel in a year and a day. Sir Gawain leaves to find the Green Chapel and fulfil his pledge as the end of the year approaches. After riding through many dangers he comes upon a castle. He was welcome by the lord of the castle and the lord decides to invite him in to