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Contrast between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Onc

            Contrast between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Once and Future King.
            
            
             Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Once and Future King both show psychological .
             and physical actions. However, both differ psychologically and physically. Sir Gawain and the .
             Green Knight shows more physical factors than psychological factors. .
             Throughout the whole poem of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain .
             demonstrates many factors. He demonstrates honor, bravery, courtesy, and honesty. Gawain .
             demonstrates bravery first by accepting the green knight's challenge. Then Gawain proves his .
             courage again when he doesn't flinch when the green knight swings to chop his head off even .
             though he knows he cant pick up his head and put it back on. Gawain demonstrates honesty when .
             Gawain and the king make a three-day agreement. However, the king tested Gawain's honesty to .
             see if he would share the sash that would save his life. He thought he would die if he gave up the .
             sash and broke his promise to the queen. Gawain demonstrates courtesy when the queen gives .
             him the sash. He knew he was obligated to be courteous because of his knightly duty. Even .
             though he sinned by breaking the agreement he had with the king, he wasn't going to offend her.
             The excerpt from The Once and Future King has many psychological factors. In this story .
             there is hardly any physical action. One of the mental elements in this story is when Gareth and .
             Lancelot argue about why the real reason the king has gone hunting on purpose so that Lancelot .
             will go to the queen. Another mental element is when Gareth says that Agravaine might be there .
             to kill him and that he might have a band of knights with him. Lancelot uses a past experience to .
             prove that Agravaine wasn't going to do anything. The story is an internal conflict between .
             imaginary situations that could possibly happen. .
             The main difference in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Once and Future King is .


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