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Gawain stops Arthur from fighting the Green Knight because he knows that he himself failing would result in the least loss of honor. He humbly offers himself as the opponent of the unknown, mysterious knight (word that means someone who asked for a fight). Readers praise this selfless action, realizing its dangers, and relating it to other selfless humans and actions, allowing them to see the kindness and generosity of real people like Gawain (wow so that's a lot of participles please clean up).

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"I am the weakest, I wot, the feeblest of wit... if I bear myself ungallantly then let all this court blame me" pg. 7

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Brutus has not even killed Caesar yet he feels guilty or apprehensive, shown by his lack of sleep. Brutus is obviously not confident in their plan or does not completely believe it is morally right, meaning he is not fully confident in himself as they later use his plan. Readers easily sympathize with this unsureness in his actions as they too experience unsureness all the time, often with big decisions like Brutus.

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"Since Cassius first did whet me against Caesar I have not slept." (Act 2 Scene 1 Line 61-62)

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Gawain is genuinely grateful here to the king for giving him food and shelter and even luxurious commodities. He does not say something like "well you are lucky to have such a famous and strong knight in your home." He realizes that the king could have blocked him from entering and staying with him, but instead he was kind and hospitable

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1. introduce the quote with a complete sentence and a colon
2. make it part of the sentence - no punctuation
3. use introductory phrase with comma
4. short quotations as part of the sentence
(powerpoint on rape of the lock page)
strong verbs - pg. 22 of writer's handbook

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People began at this point in time to value others over the self. Brutus's hesitant shows that he believes that he may not be completely correct, that there may be other options, rather than believing his first thought is right and doing it immediately almost without thought.

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Brutus is hesitant at first that the plan would work and was right - hesitant = not confident, prideful

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"Sir Gawain thanked him truly" page 19

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Sir Gawain acts incredibly politely and humbly throughout the book, showing society's almost complete shift from idealizing arrogance to idealizing humility.

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Brutus's arrogance shows at times, especially towards the end of the play, but his uncertainty in himself also manifests, demonstrating society's shift from liking their hero's arrogance to wanting his humility.

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Beowulf acts incredibly heroically, but also arrogantly, leading readers to empathize with the flawed hero because they too can behave too pridefully.

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In this period of time, talking oneself up was a common trait of a hero and almost admired. People needed to describe their greatness to convince people of their competence. Though now that may be looked now upon, humans today can relate because every person has something they think they are really good at and would be happy to gloat about. His arrogance allows readers to recognize their own pride and see that others may need to talk themselves in order to feel truly good about themselves.

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"all knew of my awesome strength" line 418 page 29
- goes on to talk about all the beasts he has slaughtered
- talking himself up

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Beowulf, Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight retold by Jessie L. Weston show that society's ideal characteristics of a hero have shifted from someone extremely full of confidence and self-pride to someone with great humility, though both characteristics allow the reader "to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them, and view the world from their perspective."

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Great ideas, Ana. I'm wondering if the shift you're talking about is not more similar than different, though. "Someone who has determination and wants independence" is also "arrogant and confident" as we see with Brutus, Caesar, and Cassius and even Satan. How else can you characterize this shift?

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Great ideas, Ana. I'm wondering if the shift you're talking about is not more similar than different, though. "Someone who has determination and wants independence" is also "arrogant and confident" as we see with Brutus, Caesar, and Cassius and even Satan. How else can you characterize this shift?

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Heaney, Seamus, trans. Beowulf. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2000. Print.

Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Penguin Books, 2000.

Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. Oxford UP, 1998.