How Does Beowulf Show Loyalty In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Essay During medieval times there were knights that were used to defend castles and their kings. The knights followed a strict code called chivalry. In Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight both authors are unknown.Beowulf and Sir Gawain show these values of chivalry. Both Sir Gawain and Beowulf show Honor,Bravery and loyalty. In Beowulf and Sir Gawian and the green knight ,both of the main characters show honor. In the story of Sir Gawian and the green knight the main character has to choose between saving his own life and running away or upholding his knightly honor. In the story it says ”Look that you go,Sir Gawain as good as your word and seek till you find me as you've sworn in this hall to do” ( Sir Gawian and the green knight 179-181).Sir Gawain than a year later goes to fin the green knight to uphold his honor. This shows

But both of the characters don't back down and are brave enough to face them head on. Sir Gawain has to face a huge green knight.and even when he has to travel to the green knight to almost certainly die,Sir Gawain does not flinch when the ax falls. Sir Gawain even gets mad at the green knight for prolonging his death.Sir Gawain says”Hit me hero I'm right up to here with your threats. Is it you that's the cringing coward afterall?”( Sir Gawian and the green knight 292-293). This shows that Sir Gawain was brave enough to go up to the green knight to die. Beowulf shows bravery in the story by going into his fights always confident that he will win by going on long boasts. Beowulf is confident in his abilities and knows that he will win his fights.in his boasts he says”that this one favor you should not refuse me- that I alone and with the help of my men,my purge all evil from this hall”(Beowulf 165-166) This shows how brave beowulf was by showing that he was confident that he could beat this monster by himself and by the help of his