Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Gisarme

A battle-ax

The Green Knight

A mysterious man who rides into Camelot on New Year's Eve on his horse. He poses a challenge to King Arthur and his men. When Sir Gawain accepts his challenge, Gawain chops this head off. He lives in the Green Chapel, where he is expecting Gawain to arrive in a year and a day. He feigns beheading Gawain three times.

The Green Knight gets the first blow

First condition that the man who chooses to fight the Green Knight must accept

Where is King Arthur

First thing that the Green Knight said when he rode into Camelot

Lord of the Castle

He encounters Gawain on Christmas Eve and allows him to stay in his castle for three days. During this time, Gawain must agree to exchange everything that he receives with the him-- a promise that Gawain broke on the third day.

His face flushed red from embarrassment, rage, and shame

How Arthur reacted to the fact that none of his men volunteered to fight the Knight

He is enraged

How Gawain reacts when the Green Knight fails to strike him the second time

He sees his blood, leaps, draws his shield, and bears his blade

How Gawain reacts when the Green Knight strikes him a third time

He forgives him

How the Knight responds when Gawain begs to gain back The Green Knight's good grace

No one volunteered

How the men of Arthur's house reacted to the challenge

They stared in awe

How the men reacted upon seeing the Green Knight

Guenevere

King Arthur's wife.

Four Feet

Length of the Danish Ax

November

Month that Gawain sets out to fulfill his promise to the Green Knight

The roar of the Green Knight

Noise that Gawain hears when he arrives at the Green Chapel

Sir Gawain

One of this Kings men, but is the weakest among them. He volunteers for the challenge in place of the King. He cuts the Green Knight's head off, and then travels to the Green Chapel to fulfill the terms of the agreement.

Beardless children

Phrase used to describe King Arthur's men

Knight will stand firm when the man strikes him, the man must do the same, and the Knight may not be blamed

Second condition that the man who chooses to fight the Green Knight must accept

New Year's Eve Feast, Camelot

Setting at the beginning of the story

Lord's Wife

She gives Gawain the magic green girdle that will protect him from harm. She is the reason why he broke his promise to the lord of the castle.

King Arthur

The King of Camelot who volunteers for the Green Knight's challenge because none of his men will. He is married to Guenevere.

They must exchange everything they receive for the next three days

The agreement that the lord of the castle and Gawain vow to follow

Third day

The day that Gawain breaks his pledge to the lord

Christmas Eve

The day that Gawain comes across a castle after praying for shelter

Battle-ax

The object that the Green Knight will award anyone that is willing to fight him

He had a challenge

The reason that the Green Knight gave for visiting King Arthur

Gawain obeyed the agreement between he and the castle lord on the first and second night, but on the third night he broke his oath by taking the magic green girdle.

The reason the Knight gives for feigning to strike Gawain the first and second time, and lightly cutting him the third

He will tell Gawain after the blow, but if he can't speak after it. Gawain will have no reason to know

The response that the Green Knight gives when Gawain asks for his name and where he lives

A year and a day

Time that the Green Knight's challenge will take place

Danish Ax

Weapon of choice of the Green Knight

Forgiveness

What Gawain beg of the Knight to do after it was revealed that he knew about the pledge with the lord of the castle

Strike again, I won't flinch

What Gawain says when the Green Knight fails to strike him the first time

Magic Green Girdle

What Sir Gawain receives and fails to exchange with the lord, thus breaking their agreement. It will protect Gawain from any harm. He wears it on his way to the Green Chapel.

He grabs his head by the hair and climbs onto his horse

What happens after the Green Knight's head is cut off

His head is cut off

What happens to the Green Knight when Gawain strikes the him with the ax

Gawain feigns a smile and flinches, so the Green Knight does not follow through

What happens when the Green Knight strikes Gawain the first time

He stops, he is testing Gawain

What happens when the Green Knight strikes Gawain the second time

He strikes him, but Gawain is only left with a small scratch

What happens when the Green Knight strikes Gawain the third time

A gold-hemmed girdle

What the Green Knight gives to Gawain for fulfilling the challenge

"What, is this Arthur's house..."

What the Knight asks when no one volunteers for the challenge

They were green

What was unusual about the Green Knight an his horse

North Wales

Where Gawain travels to get to the Green Chapel

The Green Chapel

Where the Green Knight reveals that he lives after Gawain cuts his head off