This part in the story demonstrates the relationship between Don Quixote and Sancho, being that they balance one another out. While Quixote is very imaginative, Sancho is realistic and these characteristics complement one another in that it is a sort of representation of reality. Mankind could not function properly without idealism and vice-versa, an idealistic world could not function properly without realism. By pairing these two characters together, the audience is able to perceive how hang an imagination and living in the real world is like. This can relate to everyone. When Don sees the windmills as giants, Sancho corrects him because, in actuality, they were indeed windmills. Humans often imagine the impossible despite living in reality. In that same way, Don Quixote is often imagining the impossible, while he was in the presence of reality, which is Sancho. http://sites.khas.edu.tr/bukalemun/chl_number1_edi_1.html

The changing of names is significant in this story. When the main character, Alonso, decides to become a knight the first thing he does is change his name to something that he believed to better suit a knight. He then changes his horse's name in the same manner because of his persistence in representing knighthood in any way he could. The horse's name is changed to "Rocinante" which translates to "The horse that used to be normal." This can be seen as a kind of parrallel to Don Quixote and how he was once Alonso but is now a knight and therefore, is no longer his "normal" self. https://www.shmoop.com/don-quixote/characterization.html

The word "covenant" is often brought up when making a deal or negotiation as it portrays the religious views of the time which was Christianity. Even the Knight's code of chivalry is an example of this as it is a list of rules that ultimately relate to biblical morality. There are two distinct covenants in the Bible, the Old Testament and the New Testament. Upholding the laws is a crucial aspect of the OT while the NT focuses more on living by the spirit. The Green Knight is adamant on having Gawain keep his promise, and Gawain is determined to go through with the agreement, even if it means death, to uphold his duty as a knight. A shift happens at the end of the story that resembles more of a New Testament theme though, when Gawain breaks his covenant with the Green Knight, but Instead of cutting Gawain’s head off, "Bertilak calls it his right to spare Gawain and only nicks his neck," which is an act of mercy. In the Bible, one of the many characteristics of God is that he is merciful. In Titus 3:4-7 (NT) it states, "He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior," and, therefore, the knights of this time considering themselves followers of Christ would be living by the spirit given to them by God and that is portrayed through the Green Knights mercy towards Gawain by not killing him. By demonstrating both of these themes relating to covenants in the story, insight into the religious beliefs held by the knights are shown in alignment with the overall theme and culture of the time.

https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gawain/themes/ https://www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-life/what-is-the-spiritual-gift-of-mercy.html

Lady Bertilak tries to manipulate the rules of chivalry again so that she can get her way with Gawain. One of the codes of chivalry entails that one should, "Be respectful of host, women, and honor," but Bertilak misconstrues this rule to suggest that by not reciprocating her advances, he is not acting as a knight and, therefore, knows nothing about being courteous. However she fails in her attempt because Gawain is well versed on the code of chivalry, and uses his knowledge to get out of the situation. He says that if he were to try and engage in further intimate acts with her and she were to refuse him, then he would be guilty of disrespecting her.

https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gawain/quotes/theme/chivalry/ https://carterclasschs.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/7/0/10706793/the_code_of_chivalry.pdf

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because they were not baptized into the faith, they were not able to go to Heaven.

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The story of Medea connects with the myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece. In Jason's story, King Pelias gives Jason the impossible task of retrieving the Golden fleece. To do so, Jason had to first defeat a dragon, and he did with the help of Medea, a witch who promised to help him if he would marry her. After Medea helps him complete the task, she then also steals the golden fleece from her father, Aeetes, then runs away with Jason and her younger brother. Being angry, Aeetes sent ships after them that were so quick that Medea saw no other choice than but to take her brother Apsyrtus and "cut him up into pieces. She then dropped the bloody pieces of his corpse into the sea, knowing that her father, stricken with grief, would have to stop to fish them out." When Jason and Medea arrived in Greece, they found out that Pelias had killed Jason's family. To get revenge, Medea gets his daughters to murder him under the belief that it would make him young again so that he could have sons. The couple then took over Corinth and started a family. It wasn't until years later when Jason decides to cheat on Medea by marrying another women that the story of Medea comes into play. Despite all that she had did and sacrificed for Jason, Medea is betrayed and exiled from her second home by the man she loved. In retaliation, she kills Jason's soon-to-be wife and their two kids.

source: https://headlong.co.uk/ideas/story-medea/

In Hinduism, reincarnation is a crucial part of the religion. In the story of Bhagavad Gita, Krishna explains in detail to Arjuna the nature of human life, which includes an awareness of the cycle of birth and death; this is also called "the cycle of samsara." The order of this cycle goes from birth, life, death, and rebirth. According to this belief, every living thing has an atman or soul, and when that living thing dies, that soul moves into a new body after it is dead. In holding this belief, one is to not see any misfortune or sadness in the loss of life because the death of the flesh does not mean the end of life since the soul lives on. Therefore, Krishna tries to convince Arjuna not to feel guilty about fighting his family since death and life are inevitable, and it is his duty, or dharma, to do so.

source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zmgny4j/revision/3

It would go against Ajurna's dharma-duty- to not fight and that would be a sin. Dishonor is worse than death. If he does not fight, people will assume it was because he was afraid. Those who looked up to youhwill disrepect you and your enemies will say bad things about you.