A romance as defined by most people is or could be boy meets girl they fall in love, and live happily ever after; but when you look at the definition of a romance in literature its is a narrative set in a world the ordinary laws of nature are suspended. And idealized heroes fight the forces of evil. The narrative Sir Gawain and the Green Knight contains all the elements of a romantic novel.
The common romance element of good verse evil is present in the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, as appears in the two main characters of the story. To begin, there is Sir Gawain, one of the n…
