To me it seems like one of the main questions is if such strict chivalry is useful and beneficial in a generally unchivalrous world.Īrthurs Court seems to rely heavily on the code of chivalry, but in a sense it almost seems as though the members of the court act as if chivalry values appearances and symbols rather than the actual truth and moral side of chivalry. Throughout the story, Gawain’s chivalry is continuously tested over and over, but it’s not just Gawain’s chivalry in question. They are codes to live by in order to be a model knight. These virtues include: friendship, generosity, chastity, courtesy, and piety. These morals and values are very clearly stated throughout the text when the “five virtues of knights” first appears. In the story, chivalry can be compared to Christianity and morality. It is evident that to the men in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” chivalry is not just proper behavior, but instead is a way of life. Chivalry sums up these codes of conducts in every way and throughout the story we see how chivalry makes the story what it is, for without chivalry, many of the events that took place would not have happened. Throughout “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” it does not take long to notice that a certain code of conduct, or code of ethics, is very prevalent amongst the members of King Arthurs Court.
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