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Chivalry In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight written by an unknown author the story follows the knight Sir Gawain when he takes up the beheading challenge of the Green Knight. Gawain is to strike the Green Knight with an axe and the Green Knight is to return the favor in a year and a day. This story has elements of chivalry, Anglo-Saxon values, and characteristics of medieval romance. Chivalry is a code of honor that knights are supposed to follow. Gawain knows that he will surely die is he honors the challenge he made with the Green Knight, however chivalry requires that a knight can not refuse a challenge. Even his guide, “urges him not to proceed, but Gawain refuses to take this advice. He feels that it would be dishonest not to fulfill his pledge”(p.255).
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