Social Injustice In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

Social Injustice A time when there was no social/scientific accomplishments, this was known as the medieval era. During the medieval period people were not, who they were made out to be. Though their career title may have said one thing, he or she may have done the total opposite. Through literary works each author was able to provide the readers with knowledge about the medieval era and the irony and miscued logic constructed within the literature. To begin, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Poet Pearl defines the knights code. Soon to become the knight has to break the code for his survival. Next The Canterbury Tails, Geoffrey Chaucer presents the characters in the poem, starting off with their profession. Chaucer puts a twist on the characters,

Sir Gawain was respected for his honorable actions, and how he followed the a strict code. The author, Pearl Poet, had set out to explain the Sir Gawain as honest “Look that you go, Sir Gawain, as good as your word” (line 179). Sir Gawain brought up with respect to those in a higher power than him, he proclaims “I might without bad manners move down from my place” (Poet line 127). A journey of Sir Gawain, starts with the acceptance letter from the King allowing Gawain to take the Green Knights challenge “Let the King step down And gave Sir Gawain the game!” (line146). In the middle of the poem, Gawain heads on his journey with the lord. Gawain is set on his mission to seek the day and return to the lord to “exchange what they have won” (Pearl Poet p. 183). During Gawain's journey he endures a woman, she is very persuasive. First she tries to seduce Gawain, he denies the offer. The next day "Gawain accepts only two kisses from the lady" (Pearl Poet p.183). Soon after, Gawain encounters the woman again, many days down the road. The woman presents Gawain with "a ring the yellowest gold" (line198). With Gawain's up bringing he denies thee gift, saying "My lady gay, I can hardly take gifts at the moment; Having nothing to give" (lines 203-204). Here Gawain presented to the readers that in order to revive a gift he needed something to give. Later Gawain sees the women a last time, this time she presents him with a green sash. Legend has it "for the man who goes to battle in this green lace, as long as he keeps it looped around him no man under heaven can hurt him" (lines 230-234). Knowing this Gawain had taken the green lace from the women in order to survive the hit from the Green Knight. Further more, Gawain had broken to the code in order to