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Essay Archive - Gawain and Roland
Gawain and Roland
In mythological Europe, knightly heroes abounded where ever one
could choose to roam. There are hundreds of tales of knights who embodied
the concept of chivalry, slew huge dragons, slew legions of foes in single
combat, and still made it home in time for dinner. Of all these tales,
ballads and poems, a few have risen to the fore front of the genre as an
example for the rest of the stories to follow. I will be comparing the
positive and negative personality traits of two heroes from the famous
poems "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "The Song of Roland."
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