Chivalry was largely based on the teachings of the church, and many of the pillars of chivalry are directly involved with the church. Knights of the Round Table are full of pride and enjoy many worldly comforts. Sir Gawain is the most chivalrous of these knights and therefore the one most aligned with the church. Sir Gawain is tempted throughout the story without giving in to the comforts of this world, he rejects them again and again, all but one. This headband that he keeps not only causes him to cut his neck but also to realize that he was not a true chivalrous knight, he surrendered to the love of this world and his life, this failure prevented him from being a true knight in the eyes of the church, the chivalric code and himself. By donning his new armband and fighting the temptation to abandon himself to this world, Sir Gawain has become an even better knight, a knight who is not afraid of