They all start to wear green sashes in order to make Gawain feel better about his faults. “And all the lords and ladies belonging to the Table / Laughed loudly, and concluded amiably / That each brave man of the brotherhood should bear a baldric / A band, obliquely about him, of bright green, / Of the same hue as Sir Gawain’s and for his sake wear it.”(101) The king and the courtiers respond to Gawain’s confession passionately. The king and the other knights wear sashes similar to Gawain “for the love of that knight.”(101) Gawain feels remorseful about his sin. “It was torment to tell the truth; in his face the blood did flame; he groaned for grief and ruth when he showed it, to his shame.”(100) The other knights recognize his pain. They also wear the sashes to help Gawain forgive himself. Everyone makes
They all start to wear green sashes in order to make Gawain feel better about his faults. “And all the lords and ladies belonging to the Table / Laughed loudly, and concluded amiably / That each brave man of the brotherhood should bear a baldric / A band, obliquely about him, of bright green, / Of the same hue as Sir Gawain’s and for his sake wear it.”(101) The king and the courtiers respond to Gawain’s confession passionately. The king and the other knights wear sashes similar to Gawain “for the love of that knight.”(101) Gawain feels remorseful about his sin. “It was torment to tell the truth; in his face the blood did flame; he groaned for grief and ruth when he showed it, to his shame.”(100) The other knights recognize his pain. They also wear the sashes to help Gawain forgive himself. Everyone makes