Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a Middle English romance poem written by an anonymous West Midlands poet also credited with a lot of other poems written during that time. The protagonist, Sir Gawain, survives two tests: a challenge, which he alone without the assistance of King Arthur's knights accepts, to behead the fearsome Green Knight and to let him retaliate a year later at the distant Green Chapel; and the temptation to commit …showed first 75 words of 811 total…

…showed last 75 words of 811 total…in which man lives his life. Tests and challenges face man everyday, and to be forgiven of these is normal. This story will always be remembered for its intricate poetry in the handling of Gawain, and can be used as a standard in which one can judge himself. Gawain is a man, and men have forgivable faults. 'Life is a Series of Tests and Challenges' A critical analysis of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight