Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

Question 0

Themes

Answer 0

Exposition of Appearance vs. truth

Sir Gawain appears the idea knight, but is he?

Question 1

Author

Answer 1

Unknown, but we can infer the following:

About mid 1300s
Probably aristocratic because of the knowledge of the courtly ways
Educated
Very gifted

Question 2

Medical romance

Answer 2

Kinda like a fairy tale 
Idealizes chivalry codes
Knights love for a lady
Supernatural elements 
Repetition of #3

Question 3

3 traditional plots

Answer 3

1. Beheading game
2. Hero’s temptation
3. The exchange game

Question 4

So what is the poem?

Answer 4

A medieval comedy of manners, from a Christian viewpoint

Question 5

King Arthur

Answer 5

The king o the round table, he and his court is challenged by the green night. P

Question 6

sir Gawain

Answer 6

He is the heroic knight who accepts the green knights challenge. He is also Arthur’s nephew

Question 7

Gringolet

Answer 7

Gawains noble steed who whisks him away on A journey to find the green knight

Question 8

The green knight

Answer 8

He challenges sir Arthur’s court to axe him, and later let him axe them

Question 9

Lord of the caste, Bercilack

Answer 9

A.K.A the green knight

He welcomes sir Gawain into his castle were the exchange game takes place

Question 10

Lady of the castle

Answer 10

She tempts Gawain and gives him the invincibility belt

Question 11

Morgana lefay

Answer 11

Cats a spell on The Lord of the castle, she is Gawains aunt

Question 12

Anachronistic

Answer 12

Out of place/time period

Ex: the poem looks back 200 years at the golden chivalry

Question 13

Hyperbole

Answer 13

Great exaggeration

Question 14

Motifs

Answer 14

The number 3 (3 hunts, 3 temptations, 3 prayers to Mary)

Games (beheading, the hunt)

Oxymorons (spring Christmas, old ugly women and young beautiful women at the castle)

Colors

Question 15

5 points of the star

Answer 15

1.5 virtues of a knight 
2 5 scenes 
3. 5 fingers
4. The wounds of Christ 
5.5 joys if Mary

Question 16

5 part characterization

Answer 16

1 physical description
2 speech (what he say)
3 actions (what he do)
4 thoughts (what he think)
5 reacts with others