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Essay Instructions: This essay is to be a comparison and contrast between the character of Gawain in Malory's Morte de Arthur and Gawain in Sir Gawain and the green Knight. The essay is to have quotations from both stories to support the assertations made in the essay. No other outside source is needed for the bibliography. The preferred text is Masters of British Literature Volume A. By David Damrosch and Kevin Dettmar.

Please ensure that this essay is two complete pages and not 1 1/2. Thank you so much :).

Essay Instructions: The Unattainable Chivalric Code
Sir Gawain is an ideal Knight within a contradictory system
A virtuous Knight is always struggling to maintain a balance of the Chivalric code
An array of rules that contradict each other

Essay Instructions: Writer is free to choose from any one of the below 5 topics that he/she is more famaliar with.

"You may choose one of the following five topics to use in writing an essay. Choice a or b
is adequate for an essay dealing with number three. Please follow the MLA format for this essay."


1. the role of fame, fate and destiny in Beowulf

2. Roland's honor in his behavior from the time he was wounded until his death

3a. Sir Gawain's bravery in the face of death
3b. the good and bad aspects of morality as demonstrated by Sir Gawain

4. Arthur as the archetypal hero--father and son conflict leading to death

5. Machiavelli's demonstration of amorality as a necessity to be a successful prince

Essay Instructions: This is the essay topic:

"It has been said that in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight King Arthur's court depends almost exclusively on a chivalric code that values appearance in the poem. What lesson does Gawain learn in this respect at the end of the text?"

The citations must be done in accordance to MLA. The line numbers must be accurate.
This is a translated version of the text:
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/sggk.htm

Much evidence must be used to support each point made throughout the essay. Many quotations if possible. Quotations do not count toward the word count according to my prof, however.

Must have a well developed thesis. First paragraph should be a microcosm of entire paper.
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The one source this paper requires is the actual "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight" text. No secondary resources necessary.
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