This vacillation of Gawain's character is most clearly on display in what is perhaps the most well-known Arthurian legend, the 14th century chivalric poem, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight".

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The Green Knight is based on the 14th-century poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” but it’s not a straightforward adaptation of the source material.

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For instance, both “Pearl” and “Sir Gawain” are written to be exactly 101 stanzas long, which Bahr believes is an intentional imperfection, as a “perfect” poem would have 100 stanzas even.