Medieval

1. The Squire is the son of The Knight. He fought in battles but is a dandy. He is kind of feminine. “All full of fresh-cut flowers red and white. Singing he was, or whistling, all the day; He was as fresh as is the month of May”
2. The Knight strong yet noble knight, he fought in many battles all over Europe. “At Alexandria, in the winning battle he was there; Often put in the place of honour, a chair.”
3. The Yeoman is neat, orderly and proud. A Christopher medal on his breast of silver sheen. He bore a horn, the baldric all of green;
4. The Prioress is very prim and proper. Also she’s nice and pure. “Graciously she reached for food to dine. And certainly delighting in good sport, She was very pleasant, amiable - in short. She was in pains to imitate the cheer”
5. The monk is an outdoors person. He hunts and doesn’t seem to be old fashion like most monks. By reason it was somewhat old and strict, This same monk let such old things slowly pace And followed new-world manners in their place
6. The clerk is a educated man. He went to oxford and studied philosophy. He is also really skinny. Who'd studied philosophy, long ago. As lean was his horse as is a rake,
7. The sergeant of law is hard working but also good at pretending he is working. “Nowhere a man so busy of his class, And yet he seemed much busier than he was”
8. The Franklin was a well to do man. He eats a lot and doesn’t seem too kind. “Woe to his cook, unless the sauces were Poignant and sharp, and ready all his gear. His dining table, waiting in his hall,”
9. The Sailor lives outside of the town by himself. He doesn’t seem the most honest person there is. “Very often he took a draught of wine, Of Bordeaux vintage, while the trader slept. Nice conscience was a thing he never kept.”
10. The Physician based his study off of astronomy and based his cures off of it. Is greedy and not very religious “Since gold in physic is a cordial, Therefore he loved his gold exceeding all. His study was but little on the Bible.”
11. The Miller he is be and hairy. He’s not an honest guy to be doing business with. “But mostly all of sin and obscenity. He could steal corn and three times charge his fee;”
12. The Manciple is a trader who is vulgar man but very well to do. “Now is it not of God's very fair grace That such a vulgar man has wit to pace The wisdom of a crowd of learned men?”
13. The Reeve is very skinny and a farmer. “There was no agent, herd, or servant who'd cheat; He knew too well their cunning and deceit; They were afraid of him as of the death.”


The story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is about how the Green Knight comes to King Arthur’s court and asks them are they really pure. He keeps questioning them, till the point the knights get mad. Finally Gawain takes his challenge to prove that he really is a pure knight. Gawain fails in killing The Green Knight so he has to come to him in a year to have his head cut off. He does this but on the way he isn’t totally honest with another nobleman. So when he comes to have his head cut off from the Green Knight he gets only a cut on his neck. Only because he isn’t a totally pure not but close.

The story shows how important chivalry was back then and how people would try so hard to get it. It also shows that some people pretended they were pure knights and that people weren’t perfect. All though you shouldn’t just stop trying to be perfect that you should always try to be the perfect knight.