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what is the simbolic significance of the Beheading game and the Exchange Game in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'?

 

marija a #226319
Jan 23, 2012 1:04 PM

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what is the simbolic significance of the Beheading game and the Exchange Game in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'?

please help me in the form of short essey

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Aslan
Jan 23, 2012 1:08 PM

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Your question has to do with the The Nature of Chivalry. The world of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is governed by well-defined codes of behavior. The code of chivalry, in particular, shapes the values and actions of Sir Gawain and other characters in the poem. The ideals of chivalry derive from the Christian concept of morality, and the proponents of chivalry seek to promote spiritual ideals in a spiritually fallen world.

Check out the rest of this in the source link below. It pretty much answers your question.

Source(s): http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gawain/themes.html

 

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