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King Authur And The Knights Of The Round Table - Online Paper

King Authur And The Knights Of The Round Table

The stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table have
been told for many centuries. These tales represent the gold age of
chivalry and honor. The knights in these stories never intentionally harm
the innocent and almost always obeyed their code of honor. In the story of
Gawain and the Green Knight, however, even Gawain violates a few of the
rules. I think this story represents the slow demise of chivalry.
The first example of the lack of chivalry in the Round Table
happens when the Green Knight rides into the room on his horse and
challenges any man to trade blows with him. Such an insult would have been
met with many challenges at the peek of chivalry, but only King ...

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word for two of the days,
but on the third day, he keeps the lady's scarf. The reason he does this
is obviously for its protective properties. This seems like a good idea,
but this violates his promise to give everything he gets back to the lord
of the manor. It also violates his faith in God's ability to save him from
being decapitated. Sir Gawain isn't as good at following the code of honor
in this story as in the other stories.
The final example I will point out is when he faces the Green
Knight. He is confident that the Green Knight can't kill him, just like he
couldn't kill the Green Knight a year ago. However, he gets impatient with
the Green Knight's childish tricks with the axe, making feints at his neck
and insulting him when he flinches. After the third cut, which cuts him on
the back of the neck, he leaps to his feet and challenges the Green Knight,
insulting him the whole time. Chivalry would have suggested that he should
have been more polite to the knight. ...

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Added: 12/25/2005 11:28:40 AM
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