Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
Choice 2: Where do we see seduction and lust start to destroy Gawain, our young hero? What is the author trying to tell us?
Lust and seduction are the downfall of many. Sometimes it brings the best of people to a lower level. In the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight lust and seduction also helps to bring down Gawain.
Gawain is given a warm welcome by his host while on his journey to find the Green Knight. His host feeds and clothes him. He shows him a lot of hospitality. Gawain sees the wife of his host and thinks she is beautiful. In the text the author alludes to affair between the two. Through this affair Gawain would break the five knightly virtues of friendship, generosity, courtesy, chastity, and piety. He takes all the hospitality that was shown to him and throws it right back in his hosts face. This will most likely lead to the downfall of Gawain because in novels of this nature no bad act goes without punishment. The only question is how severe will Gawain’s punishment be?
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