Sir Gaiwan & Green Knight

Anonymous poem from ...

14th century

Who appears?

A giant knight in all green and green horse

What does he accept from her?

A girdle that tells him any man who wears it will not be harmed & she kisses him 3x

After a year, Gaiwan goes to find green knight and what does he come across

A lord who offers him a place to stay

Green knight picks up his head and

Addresses gaiwan

Poets sophisticated technique and knowledge of Latina and French suggested ...

An educated man familiar with the ways of aristocracy

The poem is connected to ______ romances and legends

Arthurian

Setting

Camelot at Christmastime

Unknown author was a contemporary of _____

Chaucer's

Gawain ______ the green knight

Decapitates

Arthur was joyous and lively and traditionally would not...

Eat on such occasions until entertained by a tale or joust

What were King Arthur, Queen Guinevere and the Knights of Round Table doing?

Feasting for 15 days

What does gaiwan do at first and is rebuked fro his cowardice?

Flinches

Who is the lord

Green knight

What is the green knight wearing?

Holly branch in one hand and axe in the other

Green knight reminds gaiwan of what?

Importance of oath

Where does the knight tell gaiwan meet him

In the green chapel in 366 days or be called recreant

Who's presidency was known as Camelot?

JFK

What happens to Gaiwan?

Nicked on the neck

Gaiwan has done his ______ and passed the test of a true knight

Penance

Who volunteers?

Sir Gaiwan, Arthur's nephew

While the lord is hunting what does his wife do?

Tries to seduce lord Gaiwan

Green knight proposes a contest

Will endure one stroke of his axe in exchange for return stroke in a year and a day

Deal between lord and Gaiwan

Will give Gaiwan whatever he gets while hunting each day in exchange for what Gawain receives each day at the lords castle