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