Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: The Believable Character of Sir GawainOne of the most important components of any literary work is the central character. To make literature truly great you need to have a character whose personality is believable. When the character is believable, the reader is more likely to identify with him and become involved in the work. There are three basic ways in which a character's personality can be revealed to the reader: what the character thinks of himself, how others think and feel about the character, and the character's actions help define his personality. When these three methods are synchronized, the character becomes a real person. However, it is very easy for a writer to make the character too perfect and lose the illusion of reality. The way an author can get around this is to allow certain aspects to become out of sync, such as a flaw in the personality that can only be brought to light when the character is pushed to his limits. This is how the personality of Sir Gawain, the central character of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, is depicted. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a great medieval poem written by an unknown author believed to be a contemporary of Chaucer. The poem is set in Arthurian England. Sir Gawain begins his rise to greatness when he accepts a challenge from a disturbing figure known as the Green Knight. Throughout the poem, Gawain is tested and is found to be sincere until he is tested in the gift game where his flaw is revealed to the reader. The events in the poem make the character of Sir Gawain very believable and are part of the reason why Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of the greatest literary works of Middle English. 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. Challenge the court to a decapitation game where one of the knights must cut off the Green Knight's head and then in 12 months and one day find the Green Knight and allow the Green Knight to cut off his head..