Loyalty In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

“He brandishes it by the baldric, casts it about his neck, that suited the wearer seemly and fair.” And “And thus the pentangle new he bore on shield and coat, as title of trust the most true and gentlest knight of note.” impressed me a lot. These reveal that it is concerned with the rights and wrongs of conduct. Its theme is a series of tests on faith, courage, purity and human weakness for self-preservation. "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" fully reflects the fierce struggle between different ideologies, thus making the "Chivalry" unprecedented subversion. By placing self-protection before honor, and deceit before his trust in the love of God. Human excellence is marred by original sin and courtly values alone are no protection. Though Gawain

Knight is socially accepted that the most loyal and brave and skilled soldier with humility. It represents the eight basic virtues which are honor, sacrifice, courage, compassion, honesty, spirit and fairness. They describe not only the aristocratic life, but also mainly in praise of the brave knight and a knight due honesty, chastity, courtesy and honor. In the 14th century, the decline of the feudal system has become more and more, this work is intended to reaffirm an image of the chivalry. Gawain poem touched the psychological conflicts which are the insurance of life and the insurance of honor. Poems are very humane and forced on the reality. Gawain transfers the imperfect to perfect, it is the acknowledge to the performance of the chivalry of the authors. In my opinion, the knight only fights for justice and axioms, not for wealth, nor for the selfish reasons to fight. They want to help all people who really need help, and they have to support each other. They need to treat the weak gentle, but to punish the evil ones. That is the spirit of the chivalry of the 14th century and those two poems are all emphasized these spirit of the chivalry in the 14th