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This is a 9 page paper that provides an overview of chivalry in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The argument is made for a humanistic examination of chivalry's ambiguities. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Chivalry and Value in "Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight" , 11/2010 --properly! One of the most ancient examples of literature to come out of Britain, the anonymous poem "Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight" thematically and symbolically represents core values that existed among medieval people at the time of the poems writing. In particular, the importance of chivalry as
a key underpinning of medieval society is explored. At the same time, however, the poem contains humanistic elements which reveal the eternal disparity between ideal and reality, and emphasizes the
need to live a human existence first and foremost. This section of the paper assists in the student in providing a basic overview of the plot of the poem, to
provide a better foundation for the rest of the paper. "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" begins during the commission of a massive feast at King Arthurs court of Camelot,
intended to commemorate the arrival of the New Year. Just as Arthur begins to grow bored and expresses his desire to hear someone relate an adventurous story, a mysterious stranger
appears in the court. He is described in grandiose terms, being both substantially taller and more broad than anyone else present, and wearing fine green robes stitched with golden thread
and hefting a mighty battle axe. Additionally, he is described as being of wild appearance unlike the clean shaven gentlemen of Arthurs chivalrous court. The Green Knight proceeds to issue
a challenge to everyone assembled at the feast: whoever takes the challenge will be permitted to strike one blow against the Green Knight with his own axe, but at the
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