What does the rest of the Round Table do to show solidarity with Gawain at the end of the poem?
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Correct answer: They all adopt the green baldric as a shared honor
Gawain returns to Camelot full of shame, intending to wear the green girdle as a badge of his 'untrawthe.' However, the other knights adopt the green sash as a heraldic honor, transforming Gawain's symbol of shame into a sign of group identity.
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