1. I believe that Sir Gawain is really just a hero, not a full epic hero. He is part of King Arthur's court and a knight so he has to be brave and strong like a hero. Sir Gawain also takes the challenge from the Green Knight to protect his King. Although he does see himself as being weak and just takes the challenge because he feels he does not matter. Not really the mind set of an epic hero like Beowulf had. Those flaws of not being confident and lying to protect himself and keeping the girdle really shows he has characteristics of a normal person.
2. The Green Knight is really hard to put into a good or evil category. He really shows sides of both. He shows glimpses of goodness with giving mercy to Sir Gawain. It also wasn't his idea about the whole task. Although he is evil for lying about being the lord and performing the task he was asked to do. I believe he symbolism a gentle giant kind of person. They look and sometimes act evil, but really they are good inside and just need a helping hand.
3. Like Sarah i had to look up what green means and this is what i got. ColorWheelPro.com says green symbolizes growth, harmony, and safety. It also has great healing power and can show inexperience. Im not sure how the color symbolizes with the green knight, but it is the color of the girdle and just like the color represents safety, the green girdle was used to protect Sir Gawain. I think the green knight showed up on New Years Day because he knew the knights and King Arthur would be celebrating the new beginning and would all be together. This made it easier to find someone to challenge.
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I agree with your idea of him being a normal person, because he does show those characteristics, but he is also a hero (if not an epic one, but a normal one) because he was willing to put his own life on the line to save that of his king's.
I think that the whole super-hero/human is very interesting... because he portrays different traits, it just depends on what part you are reading.
well he can either be a hero or a epic hero. theres info for both
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