The play of this story serves as a challenge for Sir Gawain to show his heroic development. The path Gawain takes ultimately determines his heroic maturity. This shows that the game determines the fate of the hero and what type of hero he becomes. How the hero handles the game depends on how he matures as a hero and what type of hero he is. All three games in this story prove Gawain's ability to keep his word, his ability to be honest in matters of seduction, and the final test of character. The game brings out the real decisions of a hero in which he has to decide what kind of hero he