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Objective: to thoroughly understand Sir Gawain and the Green Knight November 21, 2017 Objective: to thoroughly understand Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Opening: Chicken Soup, finish vocab Work Period/Closing: Sir Gawain

Homework Heads up: exam on Beowulf/Sir Gawain after Thanksgiving break! Vocab assignments due Thursday, Nov 30th Quiz Friday, Dec 1st

Chicken Soup

Vocab Unit 4 cont’d

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Gisarme (Used by the Green Knight and Sir Gawain)

The Green Chapel (Where Sir Gawain meets the Green Knight)

Pentangle/Green Girdle (Pentangle on Sir Gawain’s shield) Five virtues: generosity, fellowship, chastity, courtesy, charity Or Five wounds of Christ? (Sir Gawain tied the girdle around his waist)

Fill in the blanks...Sir Gawain & Bertilak’s Castle November: travels alone to find the Green Knight, stays in castle for shelter Bertilak and his lady greet him, as well as old, unnamed woman (not mentioned in textbook) Bertilak proposes bargain: he will hunt and give Sir Gawain his prey, Sir Gawain will give whatever he earns during the day. That night, Lady Bertilak tries to seduce Gawain!!! He only kisses her as to not offend his hostess. Bertilak: deer Gawain: kiss Bertilak: boar Gawain: 2 kisses Bertilak: fox Gawain: 3 kisses *On the 3rd day, Lady Bertilak offers Sir Gawain a gold ring. He refuses, but accepts her green and gold embroidered girdle, which she says will keep him free from all physical harm. Sir Gawain does not mention this to Bertilak.*

Fill in the blanks...The ending The Green Knight = Lord Bertilak, transformed by magic He knew what Sir Gawain had done all along in the castle Elderly lady at Bertilak’s castle = Morgan le Fay All a planned scheme to test Arthur’s knights/Sir Gawain’s values