Group A blog post

In this weeks class, I found it very interesting how we talked about the conspiracy theories relating to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I believe that King Arthur was testing the loyalty of his court. I think that whoever decided to step up, in this case Gawain , will be rewarded and seen as the bravest of all the soldiers. Since King Arthur was the one who agreed to the deal with the green knight and Gawain stepped up, it proves his loyalty to Arthur. I believe that King Arthur set this up as a test to see if some of his court would literally die for him in honor. If Gawain shows up to challenge the green knight when it is his turn to receive the hit, I believe Arthur will be there to award him a prize.
I also wanted to talk about what The Green Knight could be. The green knight is clearly not human or mortal since he was perfectly alive after his head was cut off.

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  1. AnonymousOctober 28, 2018 at 1:33 PM

    Having read the entirety of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, I am not at liberty to say whether your assertion is correct. That being said, the idea that King Arthur set up the entire situation in order to test the loyalty of his court does make sense. A test of sorts is certainly apparent throughout the book. The question is, who is testing who and what is the purpose of the test?

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  2. Alison LillaOctober 28, 2018 at 2:05 PM

    After reading the Green Knight, I think it's interesting how we all concluding that this was a test from King Arthur. The plot twist was that it was Arthur's sister Morgan Le Fay. It seems that this poem revolves around the quest as a moral lesson, whereas in the Greek literature we read, the challenges weren't really moral tests but athletic tests to see who was the better warrior. The Green Knight seems to adapt athletic feats into parables.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 28, 2018 at 3:22 PM

    Sir Gawain lived up to multiple tests he faced throughout the book: the call by King Arthur for his sword when Gawain replaced him in the deal, surviving the guide's temptation a year later to abandon the quest for the Green Knight at the last second, and finally getting struck by the Green Knight with then blade. Gawain deserves to be revered by King Arthur's court, and I believe if the book were to continue Gawain would return and King Arthur would reveal it was a test and Gawain would be praised.

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