It is believed that Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was written in the late 1300s, as the age of chivalry began to wane. Though legend has it that Gawain was one of Arthur’s finest and most loyal knights, the Gawain Poet depicts him as flawed. Why might the Gawain poet have portrayed Gawain this way?

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It is believed that Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was written in the late 1300s, as the age of chivalry began to wane.  Though legend has it that Gawain was one of Arthur’s finest and most loyal knights, the Gawain Poet depicts him as flawed.  Why might the Gawain poet have portrayed Gawain this way?

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