Sir Gawain - The Noble Knight :: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain - The Noble Knight Sir Gawain is a nephew of King Arthur and the brother of Sir Gaheris and Sir Gareth. In the rime he is described by the author as the good knight and most courteous (1. 109,639). His character is shown through supernaturaltests when he steps in for King Arthur andtakes the challenge of the Green Knight on himself. Then his second test in the poem is to withstand the lust of the Green Knights wife. Both of these challenges Sir Gawain passes, and gains more(prenominal) respect and honor than he had before. The tasks that he accomplishes prove oncemore the true Gawain and help the reader to understand his character more clearly.Sir Gawain is a submarine sandwich in the poem, and as always, heroes have to overcome all their foes and many dangers. The same heroism and presence of supernatural forces are also foundin Beowulf. Beowulf fights with unsafe enemies and creatures all around him. On his way to the Green Knights chapel, Sir Gawain encounters man y wonders andmonstrous foes So many were the wonders he wandered among ... Now with serpents he wars, now with savage wolves ... And giants that came gibbering from the jaggy steeps ... He had met with many mishaps and mortal harms ( 2.718-725). As we see the author shows his character as a mighty warrior, maybe even with supernatural power. Yet it is not clear how he could fight with giants and was afraid at the first sight of the Green Knight. As author describes the Green Knight, Half a giant on earth I hold him to be... (1.140). If he is half a giant and later we see that Sir Gawain is fighting with giants, it is not clear here why everyone in Camelot at first is afraid of the Green Knight. Sir Gawain appears, as a real hero and a noble knight, almost from the very beginning of the poem when he is accepting the challenge of the Green Knight. No one is brave enough to accept the beheading game proposed by the Green Knight, and if no one of the knights depart accept the challeng e, then king Arthur has to accept it,so that he and his knights will not be regarded as cowards. Sir Gawain, as a noble knight who genuinely serves his king, takes the challenge upon himselfwhen he says to the Arthur, Would you grant me the grace