... the world began" (2414-2416). The lady of the castle was able to make use of her feminine mystique to cause the supposedly infallible knight to make a horrible decision, so causing the conflict of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The role of the female in literary works has often reflected the way that women were viewed at the time of each work's creation. For three works, The Odyssey, The Wife of Bath, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, each author chose to oppose the ... prevailing view. The characters that these women play are crucial to ... ...

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... to mythical gods or super human creatures. In the story The Odyssey by Homer and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Burton Raffel this pattern remained consistent. Both Sir Gawain and Odysseus revealed qualities of chivalry while sharing similar patterns of an adventure hero. In both stories Gawain and Odysseus display characteristics of chivalry. The characteristics that Gawain and Odysseus display most are honor, allegiance, and fighting fairly. First Gawain and Odysseus both display honor by defending themselves or ... someone else. Gawain shows how he maintains his honor by acceptin...

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