The Five Virues of Chivalry examplified by the Pentangle in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

The Five Virtues of Chivalry exemplified by the Pentangle in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Abstract

This analytical essay presents information about the five virtues of chivalry that are exemplified by the Pentangle in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight . The Works Cited page appends ten sources in MLA format

Outline

Introduction

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Pentangle in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

The Five Virtues of Chivalry Exemplified by the Pentangle

in Sir Gawain and

The Green Knight

Conclusion

Introduction

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a well-known Middle English romantic poem , which was written in the 14th century . The poet who penned down this poem remains unknown . The author of the poem , although unknown is linked to three other poems namely pearl , purity and patience . Although there is not much evidence to support this belief but certain characteristics that are common in all the poems assert the belief , although the poems deal with a very religious theme . According to sources , Sir Gawain And The Green Knight : Part 1 The final and most famous poem of Cotton Nero A .x is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , a work that is commonly said to represent the "culmination of the romance tradition " The poem consists of 2 ,530 lines , longer than those of Pearl , arranged in one-hundred-and-one stanzas , varying in length from twelve to thirty-eight lines (English Epic Poems : Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ,

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The poem was basically written in a northern dialect . The tale is rather intriguing , due to the fact that it involves romance , magic religion , action and betrayal all together . The basic focus hereafter would be on the pentangle that was present on the shield of Sir Gawain The characteristics , the virtues of chivalry that are represented by the pentangle and Sir Gawain 's attempts in to fulfill those characteristics would be discussed

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

As mentioned above , the author of the poem is unknown . The translation of the poem presents to us a tale of a knight , who accepts a challenge instead of his King and then the poem moves on to tell us of the hardships the knight failed in to fulfill the challenge . Here the author discusses the ideals that a knight has to put up with and he does so by including the virtues of the pentangle and he tries to compare the ideals of a knight with the realities of Sir Gawain 's life

Pentangle in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

The poem under consideration is full of a number of symbols . When the poet describes Gawain 's departure to search for the Green knight , he puts forward a very deep of the armor carried by Gawain Here , a very prominent symbol on his armor is that of a pentangle , which perhaps is the only most evident symbol in the entire poem . The pentangle...