The Perfect Gawayne In the chapter, the Marriage of Sir Gawayne, the hero Gawayne was almost a perfect man. As King Arthur’s nephew and a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend, Gawayne was often portrayed as a formidable, courteous, and also a compassionate warrior, fiercely loyal to his king and his family. Knowing what made his king in distress, Gawayne determined to fulfil the king’s promise to the loathly lady who asked a fair young knight to marry her. When I read here, I was exclaimed with admiration to his loyalty and goodness, and at the same time, I doubted whether his sincerety was the disguise only to flatter the king. After all, through the history, it was not usual for a man willingly to marry a too hideous and