Sir Gawain and the Green Knight – The Believable Character of Sir GawainOne of the most important elements of any literary work is the central character. To make literature truly great, you have to have a character whose personality is believable. When the character is believable, the reader is more likely to identify with the character and be drawn into the work. There are three basic ways a character's personality is revealed to the reader: what the character thinks about himself, what others think and feel about him, and the character's actions help define his personality. When these three methods are synchronized, the character then becomes a real person. However, it is very easy for a writer to make the character too perfect and the illusion of reality is lost. The way an author can get around this is to allow certain aspects to fall out of sync, such as a personality flaw that can only be brought to light when the character is pushed to their limits. This is how the personality of Sir Gawain, the central character of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, is represented. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a great medieval poem written by an unknown author who is believed to be a contemporary of Chaucer. The poem is set in Arthurian England. Sir Gawain begins his rise to greatness when he takes on a challenge from a disturbing figure known as the Green Knight. Throughout the poem, Gawain is tested and proven to be truthful until he is tested in the gift game in which his flaw is revealed to the reader. The events of the poem make the character of Sir Gawain very believable and partly explain why Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of the greatest works of Middle English literature. In the first segment of the poem, we are introduced to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Gawain and the Green Knight. It's Christmas in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight enters the dining room. It is very large and completely green. He challenges the court to a game of beheading in which one of the knights must cut off the Green Knight's head, then in 12 months and a day, find the Green Knight and allow the Green Knight to cut off his head..