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    Jordan‚ and Arthurian knights look up to King Arthur. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ one of the greatest Arthurian romances written in England‚ Gawain‚ King Arthur’s nephew‚ takes on a challenge to exchange “one strike for another” with the Green Knight (line 287). Despite all of the bad experiences and temptations he fights along the way‚ after the battle with the Green KnightSir Gawain is definitely still admirable as the epitome of the Arthurian Knight as he wears a green girdle in remembrance

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    the New and the Old (work in progress) Agatha Christie and the rather known‚ unknown author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight appear to be sharing the same playbook when it comes to major themes in their writing. It may be a British concept‚ but using themes that capture the reader’s attention is key when writing a piece of literature. Over the course of time Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Murder on the Orient Express have been raised upon the themes of isolation‚ color‚ and time.

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    the court to play an unfamiliar game. The Green Knight’s rules was to allow the bravest man of all to strike him with his own axe. However‚ within one exact year the person playing the game must receive a blow in return. Of course‚ the king was surprised at the rules demanded by a man who he was not aware of but the Green Knight took his silence as a joke. By mocking King Arthur‚ he steps forward to take the challenge but everything changes once Sir Gawain stops his King and ask to take on the challenge

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    celebration of King Arthur and his knights is interrupted by the Green Knight that arrives on the scene and is welcome by Arthur‚ the Knight change a few words with Arthur. He states that his impress by the castle‚ but more importantly the knights‚ that are the stoutest‚ most mighty‚ and worthy of all mortal men (40-42). The Knight proposes a little game(54)‚ which is basically ¨ you hit me‚ and in twelmonth and a day I hit you back¨‚ surprisingly all the knights present did not accept this challenge

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    you think in the romance‚ “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”‚ Gawain had integrity?Did the Green Knight show integrity? Do you show integrity ? Well‚ do you know what it means to have or show integrity? The Green Knight tested Gawain’s integrity‚ by giving him three major test. The three major test that determined Gawain’s integrity were seducing‚ listening‚ and persuading. The first major test was to see if he could easily be tricked by the Green Knight’s wife. Gawain passed this test by not letting

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    Sir Gawain learns the path of being mortally humility‚ therefore throughout his journey there’s obstacles that the Green Knight supposes will help young night Gawain along the way in which as he knows (The Green Knight) Will pass but he wants to build him for stronger purposes. During the cold season he focuses whether or not he wants to go and being killed he assumed. As his journey goes‚ Gawain was invited to stay at a castle according to the poem “Sir Gawain and The Green Night” he was received

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    would know your decision‚ would you stick by them or go astray? Sir Gawain was tested on his chivalrous code as a knight twice‚ first privately and the second publicly. Gawain fails the first test and passes the second. The natural urges for sex and instinct for survival are exemplified through the tests in this literary work. The first test Gawain was presented with was the resistance of sexually immoral temptation. Although Gawain does not literally lay with the lord’s wife‚ he still gives in

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    do not know what chivalry is. Chivalry was ounce used by notable Knights in past centuries‚ but is now currently out of date. Loyalty‚ humility‚ and largesse are few of the many standards that fall under the code of chivalry‚ which has gone silent for quite some time. Loyalty can be known as a commitment a person will take to show their worthiness. In "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚" loyalty had been misused by Sir Gawain. Gawain had broken his promise to the king he had stayed with by not giving

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    the story the Green Knight comes into Arthur’s castle. (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 89). The Green Knight offers a challenge to the knights of the Round Table. (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 89). Sir Gawain gets up and takes the challenge. (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 89) In the code of Chivalry you must always accept a challenge from an equal‚ which the Green Knight is‚ and you must do it. (Alchin). He does this because he is a knight‚ and not only that‚ he is a knight at the Round Table

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    “The Green Knight’s initial exercise of power derives from his status as an unidentified and as a querying identifier” (234). The Green Knight orders power without letting people know his true identity. The Green Knight showed that he had power and that he was not scared of king Arthur and his throne because he showed up unannounced and in a spontaneous manner

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