What Is The Difference Between Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Romanticism

In most romantic poems there is a love story described between individuals who resemble passion for one another. However in the poem Gawain and the Green Knight the ideals in a romantic poem are challenged due to the fact that the poet formed a setting and characters that isn't centered on romanticism. Instead, in this poem there are two games played by the main character Gawain which are the axe game against the Green Knight and game of temptation he plays against the lord of the Camelot. Throughout this poem the author portrays the theme of how an individual arms themself determines whether one's fearful, when the Knight arrives at the court with no armor, when Gawain wears the sash, and when Gawain wears armor when he takes the blow. The Green Knight arrived at King Arthur's court unarmed showing how he was not willing to fight anyone resembling his fear. The Green knight decided that he would enter the hall unarmed although he has “a hauberk at home, and a helm beside, a shield, and sharp spear” (Borroff 46-47). Since he left his weaponry at home, he is evidently fearful of fighting anyone at King Arthur’s hall. To add to this, since the Green Knight thought that it was necessary to let the people in the hall know that he had

However the lord's wife offered a sash to Gawain. Gawain decided that he would accept this love token because “as long as he keeps it wrapped around him, no man under heaven can hurt him” (Borroff 348-349). Knowing the powers of the love token Gawain had the idea in mind that he could use it when he had to take the blow from the Green knight in the axe game, showing how fearful he was of this event. In addition to this Gawain went against one of the Knight’s ideals due to the fact that he accepted the sash from a woman further proving his fearfulness of the Green Knights