The beautiful offering was said to have had magical powers, which were to protect the lucky man who had the honor of wearing it (Line 1853-1855). Accepting the lady’s token of love showed a side of Gawain that no one had seen before, a side of greed and a side cowardice. Gawain did not only display weakness by accepting the gift from the lady, but also by flinching the first time that the Green Knight attempted to strike at his neck (Lines 2265-2267). By violating these laws, it would be reasonable to say that Sir Gawain is no longer an honorable knight. Although Gawain does disobey a few of the laws of the code of chivalry while on his mission to find the Green Knight, he redeems his honor.
He would have slept with Berkilak’s wife if he hadn’t been following his chivalrous code, and wouldn’t have been able to learn his final lesson from the Green Knight in doing so. Though Sir Gawain is the definition of chivalrous, he also comes with his humanistic flaws. He wants to continue living, and though he isn’t corrupted by sex and folly, he is corrupted by the girdle to keep his life intact, which allows the Green Knight to show Sir Gawain that he needs to accept that he isn’t perfect. Sir Gawain feels extreme remorse for his ‘sinful’
‘I ain’t mad. I never been mad an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing i want you to know.’ (pg.106, Of mice and Men. John Steinbeck. 1993) Its is evident that there was no choice for George but to do it himself than let any of the other strangers kill Lennie, he knew that there was no chance left for Lennie and it was for the best, because George was able to do it, that shows how deep his friendship goes and how much he cared about Lennie.
“True men pay what they owe; No danger then in sight. You failed at the third throw, So take my tap sir knight.” (Lines 2354-2357) From there on Sir Gawain wore the green girdle to remind him of his dishonesty towards the host. “Bold fellow, on this field your anger forbear!.... I owed you a hit and you have it; be happy therwith!” (Lines 2338-2341) Here the Green Knight is telling Sir Gawain that he should not feel anger but
In addition, it is possible that the armed head suggests Macbeth’s severed head, warning the living Macbeth that his head might be cut. Unluckily, Macbeth is too proud of himself to see the tragedy coming. The second apparition is “a bloody child” which is fit for what it says “be bloody, bold, and resolute” because they are the words that can be related to blood and savage (IV, I, l79). The apparition also assures that nobody born from women will ever harm Macbeth (IV, I, ll80-81). This makes Macbeth believe that no one will hurt him because he has never thought about the deep meaning of the prophecy.
He is a foul man made of no moral fiber, and even less ambition yet he serves a a driving force through the plot of The First Part of Henry IV; creating adventure, conflict, character foils, and comedic relief. Despite his self-serving and gluttonous ways the audience, consonantly to Prince Hal, forms a bond with the fallen knight and “Lord of Misrule.” While he shares similarities with many of the main characters, Sir John Falstaff also serves as a foil to some of the most important characters we see in The First Part of Henry IV, highlighting the good in all of those around him as well as the showing the parallels between court-life and common-life. Falstaff is a perfect opposite to King Henry in that he serves as a representation of the commons while King Henry represents the perfectly ordered and rule governed court. Shakespeare's commoners, like Falstaff, spend their time gallivanting between taverns in search of prostitutes and ale while the court spends their days enlightening themselves and behaving in a way that is morally and socially acceptable. However, differences aside, the two both play paternal roles in the life of the young Prince Hal.
Individualism, emphasised the importance of the individual, an example of this is that Grenouille is unique as he uses only his nose to guide him through his short life. Relativism, is the concept that no ideas or beliefs are universally true, a good example of this is when the town, Grasse, believed that Grenouille killing all those girls was wrong but when it came to his execution they treated it as if it was an enjoyable family day out, some people even brought wine and picnic baskets. The last theory is rationalism, the theory that reason rather than experience or beliefs is the foundation of knowledge, an example of this is that Grenouille relies only on reason to create perfume. Other forms of enlightenment in Perfume are, when for example Grenouille was in the cave. When he comes out of the cave he feels as if he has no purpose because he realises that he has no smell but this results in him finding his purpose, to create the perfect perfume.
( Our stores are in the ship’s hold, food and drink, the cattle are not here for our provision , or we pay dearly for it.) Odysseus is respecting the sun god buy not taking cattle and telling his men not to do so. He is being very loyal to the sun god because he could easily eat the cattle which would be good food that he has not had in a while, but instead he is respecting his god by not eating the cattle and is doing much good by this action. As you can see, Odysseus’s character possesses an epic hero because his character in the poem expresses and shows bravery as well as loyalty, and intelligence. Even though at some parts of the poem, Odysseus does not show these things, he still has shown them at other parts of the story and is considered an epic hero to me.
God is feared through the lives of some characters and not feared through the lives of others. Hamlet is not afraid of those who kill the body. He is not afraid to confront his uncle Claudius, who had slain Hamlet’s father – the king of Denmark. In Matthew it states “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul,’” and Claudius was successful in killing the body of Hamlet’s father, but not successful in killing his soul. This is apparent through the appearance of his father.
Early in the play, he had a chance to put a stop to the girls’ accusations, but his desire to preserve his reputation keeps him from testifying against Abigail. In addition to concealment of information, the pride of some of the condemned people caused them not to confess their “crime” and in doing so, receive the punishment of death. At the end of the play, Proctor’s desire to keep his good name leads him to make the choice not to make a false confession and to go to his death without signing his name on a statement. “I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”(150) Proctor cried in act four. By refusing to give up his name, he redeemed himself for his earlier failure and died with Pride.