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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
with
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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