r instance during the second part, is when King Arthur is looking for knights to fill the Round Table and many come to test their knighthood because they wish to be on the “king’s side.” Two of these future knights are Sir Gawain and Sir Torre whom both wish to become a part of the Round Table to become truly loyal to the king in writing. They are being loyal to their king by wanting to become real knights at the Round Table. The story evolves into a thicker plot when all of a hart, a brachet and a palfrey are stolen from the king’s court and the three knights are asked to go fetch these things plus the knight who stole these and to capture the lady whom he captured. They each go off on their own journey to find what they were asked. This is an example of loyalty again since they did not back out of this brave adventure. They all wanted to be chivalrous for their king and loyal. The story continues with the journey of Sir Gawain and along with him his brother, Sir Gaheris. During their expedition, Gawain killed a woman while fighting another knight on his way down the path. This was not the norm and was brutally rebuked by anyone who didn’t have women on their priority list. Knights were to save women for all costs; they were precious things and more important then men. So, because Gawain killed a woman, he had to tell King Arthur and Queen Gwynevere the truth about his adventures. He in his case was being loyal and truthful to the king and queen. Even though he did not obey the chivalrous ideas he told the truth and in that was being devoted to the king and queen. Then starts the quest of Sir Torre. During his quest, he shows great loyalty when he sees a woman with the brachet that was stolen from the King’s court. He states, “My lady, I am obliged to, since my liege King Arthur has commanded me to bring it to his court.” (p. 127) Here, he is following his orders direct...
