Gawains Moral Superiority Revealed in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight :: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Gawains Moral Superiority Revealed in Sir Gawain and the Green ennobleIn the concluding scenes of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawains encounter with Sir Bertilak allows Gawain to perceive his own flaws, manifested in his bankers acceptance of the Green Girdle. The courts reaction to his personal guilt highlights the unplug between him and the other knights of the Round Table. Gawains behavior throughout the song has been most noteworthy his understanding of his sin, one that many of us would knock off since it was propelled by his love of life, enhances his stature as a paragon of chivalry. When Gawain shows up at the Green Knights chapel, his mere presence provides soothe to his host, who greets him Sir so sweet, you honour the trysts you owe. Perhaps the green gallant had been expecting Gawain, as spokesperson of the crumbling House of Arthur, to be derelict in his duties. Gawain lives up to his good name. Similarly, he resisted the unbearable temptations of Lady Berti lak on numerous occasions, providing a mere kiss, in accordance with the code of chivalry.Yet, Gawain did err in accepting the girdle that a lot cannot be denied. We, the reader, can forgive him since he repents fully, even going so far as to impose penance (of wearing the girdle forever and a day as a mark of his fall) on himself. It takes a mild whip by the Green Knight to crack Gawains faade of surefooted valor. His conscience compels him to break down when confronted by his host as to his indiscretion. However, this happened barely when the host had revealed himself to be the same as the Green Knight. We realize that Gawain had previously perceived in Sir Bertilak an equal in knighthood thus his ease in deceiving him in the exchange of winnings game. When Gawain realizes he was the subject of a test, he get outs Bertilak/Green Knight in a different light. The Green Knight now becomes Gawains confessor and in doing so assumes a fatherly role.We see that Bertilak perceives Gawains fault, his love of life, and irrespective of it, loves Gawain. Despite having sinned, Bertilak sees in Gawain a crack knight, far superior to his peers in Camelot, who, faced with the spectre of death, grew silent with cowardice, as the honor of the King lay unguarded.