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This 4 page paper discusses the use of disguise in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Bibliography lists 1 source.
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is a tale of magic, sly deception and great deeds. This paper examines some of the uses of disguise in the poem, such as who is in disguise and why;
and whether or not Gawains society forces people to use disguises to mask their true feelings and ambitions. Discussion Lets consider the greatest deception of all first, because many of
the others stem from it. That is of course the appearance of the "Green Knight" in King Arthurs court. He challenges the assembly: let the bravest among them come against
him and strike him; he will not resist: "And I shall bide the first blow, as bare as I sit" (1.290). After that, the knight who strikes the blow will
have to allow the Green Knight to do the same to him, in a year and a day ("Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"). No one steps forward until
the Knight starts taunting Arthur, then the latter agrees to strike the blow; however, Gawain stops him and says that he will do it because he is the one who
can be most easily spared from the court, if it should come to him having to face the Knight a year later ("Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"). Arthur agrees
and Gawain attacks the Knight and cuts off his head, whereupon the Knights body picks the head up by the hair, gets on his horse, reminds Gawain that hell be
waiting for him, and leaves ("Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"). One thing might occur to a modern reader immediately, and that is that if Arthurs court is supposed to
be an example of courtly behavior and chivalry, why they would go along with the Knights scheme, which involves nothing more or less than attacking a man who is not
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