Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.Gawain, sitting next to the Queen,Bowed to the King then:"I will keep my words plain.I ask for this battle to be mine.” "If you please, glorious lord,” Gawain said to the King,"I will turn from this table and stand by you there,If I may do that without discourtesy,And without displeasing my liege lady,I would come to your counsel before your great court…”
Gawain asks the King to let him take on the battle, showing that he is willing to defend and serve his ruler. His respectful words also show courtesy, but the choice that best fits his request is loyalty to his king.
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