Part one of term paper
awain? I think we could learn a lot many things from Sir Gawain. Sir Gawain is someone that I think everyone can relate to in some way. He was placed under many tests and performed admirable in all but one of them. It is that last test that made him seem “human” to me. I think in order to learn from someone you have to try to ...

Part two of term paper
... the Green Knight. Gawain is the only Knight to accept the challenge for the King and does so without reservation. He easily beheaded the “magical” man as stated in the following lines: “Gawain grips to his ax and gathers it aloft--/ The left foot on the floor before him he set--/ Brought it down deftly upon the bare neck,/ That the shock of the sharp blow shivered the bones/ And cut the flesh cleanly and clove it in twain,/ That the blade of bright steel bit into the gro ...