Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

1. Gawain starts out at the beginning of his journey from Camelot. He travels through the wilderness and is away from all things living. His journey is into the unknown. He is unaware of what is going to happen on his journey. He gets to the castle of temptation. Where he undergoes a challenge. He dies when the Green Knight nicks him with his axe. This is when Gawain realizes that he has lied and done wrong to the King who voluntary let him stay at the castle. Sir Gawain is reborn when he starts his journey back to Camelot. It is kind of like Sir Gawain went in a circle on his journey. He starts at Camelot, goes through the wilderness, gets to the castle, meets the Green Knight, and travels back through the wilderness, back to Camelot.

2. The physical death is when Gawain gets hit by the axe. Sir Gawain realizes that he has been hit and is still alive. Sir Gawain dies spiritually when he realizes the whole thing was a game. He realizes, as a Knight he should have been more honest.

3. This story is mostly written in Sir Gawain's point of view. We follow Sir Gawain through all of his struggles. We see into all the faults of Sir Gawain. Through the story we follow Sir Gawain and see how he struggles with the temptations of the Lady. Sir Gawain is to conform to the Lady and do what she is asking, but he knows that is wrong for she is married. We get to see the thoughts and feelings of Sir Gawain. We know that he is tempted to sleep with the Lady but we also know he knows it is wrong.

4. I feel, for the time being, Sir Gawain is ruined as a Knight. I think that eventually he will slowly get over the fact that he was dishonest. Sir Gawain is continuously reminded of his fault by the girdle. For right now Gawain is going to go back to Camelot and see if he can't mend what he has done. The Green Knight forgave him for his dishonor but now Sir Gawain needs to learn to forgive himself for that. This is something Sir Gawain is going to have to learn to deal with. Eventually, I believe, he will get over it and return to the knight he once was.

5. The King is being used by Morgan le Fay. The King then, to fulfill his responsibilities, uses the Lady to try and have Gawain falter. They were testing the abilities of Sir Gawain to help see if he is a great knight. The Lady, using her wiles, got Gawain to give up on his faith and become dishonest. Then Sir Gawain has to pay for his mistake. I feel the most likely response to this question is the Lady. I feel that if the Lady wanted to, she could have decided not to go through with the plan. She is the most important role in the game because without her Sir Gawain would not have faltered.