Courage and Honesty in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight About 6000 years ago, in the late 1300s, a poem entitled "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" was written by an anonymous author. The poem was initially written in medieval literature with a very unique rhyme scheme, but was later translated into plain English for the purposes of study and reading by high school students and researchers. The setting at the beginning of the story is in King Arthur's court at a New Year celebration. The celebration seems to be going well until an uninvited guest arrives. The Green Knight is introduced to the story when he arrives at the party and asks the main body of the knights if they would be willing to join him in a game. The aim of the game is that he will allow the knight who chooses to challenge him to swing an ax to try to cut off his head, but in order to play, the knight who accepts must meet the green knight a year later. to the green chapel so I can do the same. After much provocation, the Green Knight had finally provoked one of King Arthur's knights to accept his challenge. As it happens, the bold knight Sir Gawain was the knight to step up to the plate. With a single blow, Sir Gawain manages to cut off the Green Knight's head. With great amazement, immediately after the beheading, the knight gets up, raises his head and walks away. After a year, Sir Gawain sets out on a journey to find the Green Chapel. During his travels, Sir Gawain arrives at the castle and is invited by the Lord to stay for the rest of his journey. On the first morning of his sojourn, the Lord makes a pact with Sir Gawain. The deal is that the Lord will go after Cas Verde... middle of paper... and what he got. On the third day, while the lord was hunting, his wife gives Gawain this magic belt which she tells him will save him from the green knight. Gawain takes it and does not share what was rightfully due to the lords. Because that braided robe you're wearing is my belt. My wife wove it, *so I know it well. I have not missed any fact concerning your acts and kisses, nor my wife's courtship of you; I brought everything. I sent her to test you. You resisted her strenuously. You are the most flawless soldier walking on foot! This explains how the lord set this trap for Gawain to fall into. This was to test his honesty and see if he would share this magical belt that would save his life. Gawain had gotten to the point where he didn't want to be honest with the lord and give him the belt back. He knew that if he gave up the belt the green knight would kill him.