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Sir Gawain

By: Kassandra Arroyo

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Key Points

The Green Knight shows up at a New
Year's Eve party.

Challenges King
Arthur to a game.

The game, take one swing at me.In

return, one year later you take a swing

from me.

Sir Gawain steps up to accept the knights

challenge.

Sir Gawain swings and cuts the Green

Knights head off

The Green Knight picks up his head

and tells Gawain to seek him in one

year.

Look for the Green
Chapel

Gawain sets out close to a year to

find the Green
Chapel

He finds it with a few days to spare.

A lord welcomes
Gawain to stay with

him and his wife

The deal is to exchange whatever they both have won

for the day.

The lord is a hunter and goes hunting leaving Gawain
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▪ The first two blows were for staying true and

exchanging his winnings.

▪ The third blow was for not exchanging the scarf and

only the kisses.

Key Points

• After failing to stay true to his word, Gawain returns home.
• Keeps the green scarf as a reminder of sin.

• The Knights hear the tale and agree to wear a scarf too.
• A reminder that they are all human and are at fault.
• By doing this the symbol of the scarf changes into a

honorable symbol.

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Feudalism by Meaning

The promise of word and loyalty by a knight to a lord or

king became an era. By 1000 A.D. the promise had

become a social order. Thus, Feudalism was born. The

king would hand out land to noblemen who would

pledge their loyalty to him. The noblemen would be

judge, jury and executioner in legal issues. Noblemen

would also maintain an army and impose taxes.

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Chivalry was a

way of life. Men lived

by these codes.

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Social Ladder

There is an order to how the

social stature was set up. The

graph to the right shows the

ladder of social structure. Being a

knight and being dishonorable in

any way would land you beneath

the peasants. The lowest class

possible.

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From 1455 to

1485 England was faced with a civil war. By the end of the war

Henry VII had unified the country.

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Medieval Romances

Medieval romances are adventures with a

typical pattern of three. When you hear

medieval you usually think of knights, kings,

chivalry and damsels in distress. Features of

medieval romances are quests, heroes,

challenges or obstacles, and temptations.

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Pattern of Three in Sir Gawain

▪ In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Gawain faces

temptation, a quest, obstacles, challenges.

▪ Temptation comes in when Sir Gawain is tempted by

the wife. Each day he is tempted by the wife while the

lord is hunting.

▪ Sir Gawain is on a quest. He accepts a challenge, sets

off to find the Green Knight and the Chapel. Then

returns home to tell of the adventure itself.

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Pattern of Three in Sir Gawain

▪ The obstacles or challenges that Gawain faces are many.

1. Facing the Green Knight at the party voluntarily

2. To keep his word and meet the Green Knight in one year

3. Survive his journey to the chapel

4. Resist the temptation of the lady

5. The temptation of the green sash

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Typical but Not

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