Sir Gawain Vs Sindbad Analysis

​In the beginning of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain is introduced as a courtly knight with a sense of perfection. The author does this to compare it to his failures, which are later displayed through Gawain’s acts at Morgan le Fay’s castle. Gawain is portrayed to be a chivalrous knight with honor and courage. Gawain is presented with a challenge: accept the game to cut off the Green Knight’s head, and in a test of courage and honor, set out to allow the Green Knight to return the favor to him in a year and a day. This initially shows the knightly characteristics of Gawain which presents him as noble and honorable, which allows the author to shock the audience when Gawain falls under pressure to actions that contradict the chivalrous code. The first of these actions taken by Gawain in opposition to his morals is the temptation

Throughout the poem, Sir Gawain, and the Green Knight, the audience discovers that the green girdle is a symbolic object that plays a significant role in developing Gawain’s character. In the beginning of the text, the green girdle represents security to Gawain, but by the end signifies dishonor. The symbolism of Lady Bertilak’s, girdle changes throughout the course of the poem, when she tells Gawain that the green girdle has the power to keep whoever wears it, protected from harm. Gawain views the girdle as his chance at survival and decides not to exchange the girdle with Bertilak, thus breaking the terms of the men's agreement. This symbolizes Gawain’s ambition to stay alive, even at the expense of his code of honor. Gawain realizes his fault, after he fails the Green Knight’s challenge, “for this is my belt you are wearing, that same woven girdle, my own wife gave it to you, I know well in truth...I sent her to test you, and to me truly you seem One of the most perfect men who ever walked on the earth” (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 2358-2363). Once the Green Knight reveals to Gawain that he is the host, Gawain curses the green girdle and views it as something that resembles cowardliness and dishonor. Gawain goes back to court and is completely honest about what had happened, then he promises himself that he will wear the girdle as symbol of his dishonour as well as a reminder to himself that

The Green Knight shows up to King Arthur’s Christmas dinner and makes a challenge. The challenge is that he will let anyone cut his own head off, but one year and one day later he gets to do the same. Sir Gawain proves his loyalty to by taking on this challenge, “Gawain was seated near/The queen; he leaned/Forward: ‘Hear me,/My lord. Let this challenge be mine.’” This example shows how Sir Gawain’s youngness doesn’t take away from the loyalty to his uncle, King Arthur. Sir Gawain knows that this challenge will result in death, and he accepts that. This act is one of extreme loyalty to the King. Although Sir Gawain shows many acts of loyalty throughout the book, he also shows a very important act of disloyalty. While staying at Lord Bertilak’s castle, he agrees to trade everything they find and acquire while Sir Gawain is staying there. On the third day, the Lord’s wife gives Sir Gawain a green girdle, and tells Gawain to hide it from the Lord. One day when the Lord confronts Gawain about the girdle, Gawain does not own up to it. Because of this, Gawain was disloyal to the deal. He was not truthful with the Lord about what he had received, and did not trade with

After a moment of consideration, Sir Gawain accepts the terrifying challenge. As he tries to perform the first part of the challenge, he stumbles into an even bigger surprise. As Gawain hits the Green Knight with an ax, the head of the Green Knight falls on the floor. Instead of the Green

Sir Gawain is reluctant to accept the Green Knight’s challenge. He fears for his life. In the end he only accepts the challenge to protect King Arthur’s life and honor. He knows it is his duty to protect King Arthur, but only volunteers to do so at the last second. Sir Gawain also breaks his oath to the Lord of the castle he is staying in. He broke their vow to trade whatever they had earned during the day when he keeps a sash the Lady of the castle gives him because he believes it will protect him during his battle with the Green Knight.

o illustrate most periods in history, the era of knights evolved gradually. These guys have been knighted by the monarchy, but not as a part of an order of chivalry in particular the order of the chivalry the order of the British Empire. They can call himself “Sir”. In this case Gawain is the protagonist within the narrative poem “Sir Gawain and The Green Knight” a pinnacle of humility, piety, integrity, loyalty and honesty. He defends more than his own reputation, he was one of the bravest. In continuation we are going to see more of this amazing character that in my opinion shows to us the importance of family and overcoming one's fears.

First off in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain is a legitimate knight. He serves the court of King Arthur and is among the famous Knights of the Round Table. When the Green Knight breaks into the castle and demands that King Arthur play the ‘Beheading Game’ with him, Arthur voluntarily comes up and gets ready to do so. But then in an action comparable to a model knight, Sir Gawain volunteers to behead the Green Knight in Arthur’s place. This leads to the Green Knight picking his severed head up and telling Sir Gawain to meet him at the Green Chapel in a year and a day.

Imagine you are a lord or lady belonging to the fabled King Arthur’s court and a giant knight challenges you to what certainly means your own demise. All of this unfolds in JRR Tolkien’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Sir Gawain lives up to the ideals of chivalry by following the knight’s honor code even when put in situations where he is set up to fail. Sir Gawain lives up to expectations of chivalry by remembering his vows and staying loyal to them. He stays loyal to his vows by being loyal to the king. He also refuses the host’s wife’s advancements upon him. Finally, he goes through with his promise to the knight by returning to the green castle.

The Green Knight agrees if Gawain will come to wherever he thinks the Green Knight will be. Of course, Gawain has no clue where he would find him, so the Green Knight says that he will tell him if Gawain can hit him square on the neck. Then Sir Gawain strikes him directly on his neck, and the Green Knights head rolls off. The Green Knight proceeds to pick up his head and leave, while bleeding terribly from the neck as if he were unharmed. Before he leaves, he tells Sir Gawain to come to the Green Chapel when they agreed. So then a year passes before Gawain comes across his second trial. It occurs while Gawain stays in the castle of a hospitable lord before he is to meet again with the Green Knight. During his stay, the lord and Sir Gawain agree to "exchange what each has won during the day" (Ponsor 128). For three days the lord brings back what he has hunted, and Gawain gives him the kisses he has received from the lady of the castle. However, he also received a magical green scarf from the lady on the third day, but fails to exchange it for it is a token of good luck. When Sir Gawain finally meets with the Green Knight, he prepares to be struck with a scythe, but the Green Knight ends up only giving him a minor scratch on the neck. This is because the knight was testing his honor, and he scratched him because he did not maintain his honor on that third day. He was supposed to hand over

Sir Gawain deals a savage blow to the Green Knight’s neck severing his head, only

As Sir Gawain presses on in his search for the Green Chapel, he faces numerous physical challenges. Yet he overcomes them all to the point that "to tell but the tenth part would tax my wits" (1719) as he has countless battles with serpents, wolves, and the like. The true challenges come after he arrives at Bercilak's castle. There, he is tempted three times by Lady Bercilak's advances--yet he does not give in to her advances, nor spurn her completely in an uncourtly manner. Further, he does not accept her gift of the ring which she offers as a remembrance. However, when she offers her green girdle, proclaiming its properties of protection:

He then reacts by getting up and grabbing his sword pointing it at the Green knight in self-defense. The Green Knight then proceeds to explain to Gawain what each stroke meant. The Green Knight was a part of the game he played with the lord, each stroke represented the three days he stayed at the castle. The first feign signifies the first day of the game. He didn’t strike Gawain because he was honest by giving the lord one kiss. The second feign is the second day where Gawain gave the lord two kisses by remaining honest. While the strike that grazed his neck signifies the last night where he gave the lord the kisses he received but no the green girdle this is where his loyalty falters. However the Green knight find his actions “not cunning, nor courtship either. /But that you loved your own life; less, then, to blame” (250). Because of this last and final statement Gawain admits that he lied by showing the knight the girdle and pleads “behold there my falsehood, ill hap betide it! /…/Now am I faulty and false, that fearful was ever/Of disloyalty and lies,…/and greed./I confess, knight, in this place, Most dire is my misdeed; Let me gain back you good grace,/and thereafter I shall take your heed”(251). Gawain confession reveals the guilt he has retained throughout the scene from accepting the green girdle. Which ultimately lead him to confess his sin to the Green Knight. According to the article “Gawain’s First Failure” that when “Gawain discovers that his deceptive act of taking the girdle to preserve his own life is known to his host that he realizes all of the pride, impetuosity, and duplicity that he has been guilty of” (Weiss). Reviles to us the readers all that this once scene shows about this noble knight and how our first impression of him has truly

The Green Knight’s bloody head laid on the ground, but to Sir Gawain’s shock, the Green Knight picked up his head and placed it back on his body. He reminded Sir Gawain that he had accepted the challenge so, Sir Gawain himself had to come find the Green Knight in one year at his chapel, so the he can then behead Sir Gawain. By accepting this challenge, Sir Gawain shows courage and maturity and what he has learned is not to trust but regardless, he has gained confidence.

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

Part Three of the tale is the peak of Gawain’s obstacles in the form of the Lady Bercilak. He is repeatedly tested in a psychological game of chivalry against courtesy. To Gawain, the Lady Bercilak is even “Lovelier than Guenevere” (line 945), his own queen, so it is no doubt that the challenge imparted upon him by her attempts at seduction is a great one indeed. In addition, Gawain also must compete in Lord Bercilak’s game of trading each day’s winnings for the winnings of the other