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
