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Can character be learned, or is it something that you have? Can character increase? What does it mean to say someone has good character? Should we value character?
Can character be learned, or is it something that you have? Can character increase? What does it mean to say someone has good character? Should we value character?
Sorry but you're always just gonna be the same old reid hahaha
in The Green Knight, when the couple near the end ask Gawain about honor and how to get it, it is revealed that Gawain thinks it is something you are given by society after accomplishing something great, not realizing that one can only accomplish great things if you already have honor, and that it isn't bestowed on you by society.
So when he flinches and runs away, we see that he never had any honor, that his life from that moment on as a dishonorable and cowardly person is doomed to failure and misery. It's only after seeing his future that he learns what honor truly is, and is able to achieve greatness.
in The Green Knight, when the couple near the end ask Gawain about honor and how to get it, it is revealed that Gawain thinks it is something you are given by society after accomplishing something great, not realizing that one can only accomplish great things if you already have honor, and that it isn't bestowed on you by society.
So when he flinches and runs away, we see that he never had any honor, that his life from that moment on as a dishonorable and cowardly person is doomed to failure and misery. It's only after seeing his future that he learns what honor truly is, and is able to achieve greatness.
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