... Chivalry meant everything, extreme loyalty. Sir Gawain is faced with seduction and lust. He is oblivious that these advances by the hosts wife are yet another test. He turned down the advances three times even though he believed her to be beautiful. He also didnt take the ring but did take the green ... coming about the girdle. The other most pertinent challenge was keeping the pact with the Green Knight even though he knew this meeting would bring his own death. This fear tests his true honor of being a Knight. This also ties in the Knights religious beliefs; the Old Testament says fol...

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... her love. Iago spins on his web of deceit. Desdemona's love is not true. It is the result of some magic. Twisting reality Iago convinces them and the result is death. The story begins. Branbanzio confronts Othello. " .O thou foul thief, where hast thou stowed my daughter? Dammed as thou art, thou hast enchanted her, for I"ll refer me to all things ... gave it to Othello with the same magic. Now lost by Desdemona, the fate will be the same in the end. This story of the handkerchief could have been just a test. That he did not believe in the magic it held but inference is stronger here th...

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... he was. The wife could not entice Gawain with herself anymore so she offers him her ring which he also declines. She then offers him a green girdle which would prevent death to the one wearing it. He gladly accepts this. When Birtilak returns home with a fox for Gawain, he does not give anything in return. His desire to live has proven ... that is my belt about you that same braided girdle, My wife it was that wore (SGGK, ll2345) Gawain now realizes that he is not perfect because it was all a test of his faith and he failed. He did not tell Birtalik about the girdle and now s shamed. Th...

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