Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
The focus of the poem is showing what it takes to be a knight. During King Arthurs reign the Knights were respected, and it was such an honor to be a knight. First, the knight had to go through a test to prove his worth in keeping up to their word and to prove their moral virtue. The poem talks about Sir Gawain the youngest knight in King Arthur’s army and the tests that he went through to prove his worth.
Surviving a test entails that one is witty enough to go through it all While getting out of it alive is the main agenda maintain honor is the core purpose of the test. Every knight was tested using different tests, and each test was as tricky as the other. The end of a trial entails that one learns a lesson that sticks in their minds forever. The prize to be won is the honor of being a knight and wisdom is to be achieved by the end of the test period. Sir Gawain went through a series of tests in which he obtained wisdom and he used his wits to pass is tests.
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A green knight arrives and asks for one knight to challenge him on a Christmas game which he will return the blow a year and a day later. Since no one else volunteered to challenge him, Gawain volunteered to put himself in a line of tests ahead. When the time came, Gawain met his first test which involved his lust for Lady Bertilak. Here Gawain is tempted against human nature. He is tempted to fulfill his lustful wishes something which will make him fail his test. He is also tested to honor his host and honor the lady of the