Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Number of fitt: Beheading game
1
five fives of pentangle
1. fautless in his five senses 2. never found to fail in his five fingers 3. fidelity fixed upon 5 wounds
What does the Green Knight do to Gawain? What are the reasons behind his actions?
1.) Flinches 2.) Does not flinch. 3.) Scratches his neck. To teach him a lesson.
date of sir g and green knight
14th century
Numbers of fitts: Exchange of Winnings and Hero's Temptation to test his loyalty, honesty, chastity
2 and 3
decapitation contest
2 knights agree to exchange blows with an axe
2nd part of bob and wheel
2 syllable word
number of blows of the axe that the Green Knight does to Sir Gawain
3
Number of fitt: Morgan le Faye's hatred of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
4
third part
5 line ABABA ryhme whish is the wheel
day that Gawain leaves Camelot to pursue the challenge with the Green Knight
All Saint's Day
Hero NOT an Epic Hero like Beowulf (also called chivalric hero)
Arthurian hero
What does Gawain do to the Green Knight?
Cuts off his head.
area where the story of Sir Gawain takes place
England and Wales
_______ steps in and actually plays the game with the Green Knight.
Gawain
What two things does the knight carry
Gigantic ax and holly branch.
Sir Gawain's horse
Gingolet
place where the Green Knight lives; Gawain must come here to receive his axe-blow
Green Chapel
Where must Gawain seek the Green Knight? When?
Green Chapel in a year or day.
mysterious man in green whom Gawain, in response to a challenge, beheads and must later seek at the Green Chapel
Green Knight
What is Gawain's reaction?
He admits and he's embarrassed. Cowardice.
What happened after the knight was beheaded?
He picks up his head and rode on his horse.
What challenge does the Green Knight make to Arthur's court?
If anyone is brave enough, a person can hit the Green Knight with the ax and if he lives a year or day, then he can do the same.
What is special about this gift?
It will protect him from harm.
The Green Knight appear in King _______'s court.
King Arthur
_________ takes up the offer of this game first from the court, but doesn't actually play.
King Arthur
legendary king of Britain; husband of Guinivere and uncle of Gawain; presides over the famed Knights of the Round Table at Camelot
King Arthur
Who accepts the challenge initially?
King Arthur.
Sir Ywain, Sir Eric, Sir Dodinal le Sauvage, Sir Bors, Sir Bedivere, Sir Lionel, Sir Lucan the Good and Sir Mador de la Porte
Knights of the Round Table
wife of Lord Bertilak; tries to seduce Gawain three times while her husband is away; when Gawain refuses her advances, she gives him a sash (baldric)- has the magical property of preserving him from harm from weapons; When Gawain first sees her, she is accompanied by and old crone, Morgan le Fay
Lady Bertilak
To what main sin has Gawain fallen prey?
Leaving with the sear and magic green girdle for the rest of his life to show his shame.
Lord of the castle of Hautdesert, where Gawain stays on his way to find the Green Knight; at the end of the story, he is revealed to be the Green Knight himself; foil to King Arthur; middle-aged, with a thick, gray-black beard and solid, sturdy legs; his speech reveals him to be gracious and gentle.
Lord Bertilak
What gift does Gawain accept from the lady of the castle?
Magic green girdle.
type of English that Sir Gawain is written in
Middle English
An old crone; the woman who first accompanies Lady Bertilak when Gawain first arrives at castle Hauptdesert; appears ugly as her younger companion is beautiful; a powerful and ambivalent sorceress, who often lays temptations for the knights of King Arthur; Arthur's half sister; controls poem's entire action; enemy of Camelot
Morgan le Fay
day that the Green Knight shows up in Arthur's castle
New Year's
The Green Knight appears on _________ Day.
New Year's Day
What is the setting at the beginning of the story (time and place)
New Year's Eve Feast at King Arthur's Court in Camelot.
wife of Arthur; had an affair with Sir Lancelot which brought about the fall of the Round Table; adversary - Morgan le Fay, who conjured the Green Knight in order to terrify Guinevere
Queen Guinevere
a knight; Arthur's nephew; never portrayed as Christian; alienated from other knights; courteous and chivalric; flaw is that he lacks loyalty; accepts the challenge of the Green Knight, whom he must behead, then seek out next year
Sir Gawain
How are these two people related
Sir Gawain is King Arthur's nephew.
Who actually participates in the challenge?
Sir Gawain.
a knight; has an affair with Queen Guinevere
Sir Lancelot
Who interrupted the feast? What is so strange about him?
The Green Knight. He was green as well as his horse.
What agreement does Gawain make with the lord of the castle?
They agree to exchange whatever they can receive during the next three days.
The Green Knight proposes a game of _______.
Trading blows
seduction test
a lady attempts to seuce a hero
on the front of sir g's shield is
a pentangle
Sir Gawain is this type of poem
alliterative
logres
authurs kingdom
london dialect
basis for modern english
gisarme
battle-ax
force founded on 5 joys
benefiecience boundless and brotherly love
dint
blow
on teh 2nd day he brought back a
boar
structure of poetry used in Sir Gawain; short, usually two-syllable line, followed by longer lines with internal rhyme
bob and wheel
season in which sir g and green knight takes place
christma tyde
Developed partly out of the cult of Mary; elevated women; object of love was to be worshipped from afar as an ideal; only noble people were worthy of love
courtly love
amour courtois
courtly love
a chivalrous knight would agrre with what slogan most?
death before dishonour
on the first day the lord went out to hunt he brought back a
deer
northwest prvincial middle english
dialect of sir g and green night
weasand
esophogus
the four sections that divide Sir Gawain
fitts
century that Sir Gawain was written in (same time, but not same place as Canterbury Tales)
fourteenth
on the third day he brought back a
fox
first part of bob and wheel
free allitertive vesrse
cap-a-dos
garment from head to back
metrical romance
genre of sir g and green knight
halidom
holiness
what objects is the Green Knight holding when he shows up in Arthur's castle
holly and axe
Lord Bertilak's main hobby
hunting
numbles
internal organs
the central theme is that:
it is most honorable to admit a misdeed
3 languages master ananymous spole
latin, english, and french
what holiday is being celebrated when sir gawain and king authur are feastin?
new years
how much time transpires between the mettings of sir g and green knihgt?
one year and a day
fret
ornamental net
dais
ornamnetal net
henry Savile of Bank
owned library where sir g manuscript was found
3 other poems found on sir g manuscript
peal, patience, and purity
speculated author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
pearl-poet
image on Gawain's shield; a five pointed star; the "endless knot"; symbol of Christianity and knightly virtues
pentangle
alliterative verse
poetry where consonants are repeated on stresssed syllables
what does Gawain do that makes a castle appear in the wilderness on Christmas Day during his journey
prays
wheel
quatrain follwoing bob with a combined ryhme scheme of ABABA
guerdon
reward
what is a deviation from chivalry
sir gawain keeps the magic girdle
december 6th is the feast of:
st Nick
december 27th is the feast of:
st john
pentangle
symbol fo truth
what event conveys a supernatural
the green knight survives sir gawains blow
on the back of his shield is
the virgin mary
transfer of culture from one civilization to another (Troy to England)
translation imperii
bob and wheel
unique stanza combining alliterative and rhyme
def of a bob and wheel
unique stanza that combines alliteration and rhyme
trial by ordeal
when teh accused is to suffer an ordeal to establsih guilt
bob
word or phrase of 2 syllables
chaucer
wrote canterbury tales
master anonymous
wrote sir gawain and the green knight
