1. The Epic of Beowulf and Sir Gawain
... defend his own honor, and that it is in the code of chivalry for the men to protect their king. Because the Green Knight knows that honesty and loyalty are also rules of the covenant, he ask Sir Gawain multiple times to "repeat the agreement before going further" (lines 377). This was to ensure that Sir Gawain and the men of the round table knew what was to happen from there ... hard for Gawain to resist the temptation to sleep with the Lord's wife. It was his loyalty to the covenant, and his respect for the code of chivalry that he fights his urge to have sex. The ideas of chivalry and...
- Word Count: 2599
- Approx Pages: 10
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School