1. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

2. Major Characters
Sir Gawain
The Green Knight/Bercilak
Bercilak’s wife

3. Summary
The Green Knight challenges the knights of the round table on Christmas.
Sir Gawain accepts and chops off his head
In one year and a day Sir Gawain has to go find the Green Knight and let him chop off his head.
He leaves on Halloween and arrives to the castle on Christmas Eve

4. Summary part 2
He stays at the castle and goes through a series of tests he doesn’t know about
He finds the Green Knight and he is prepared to get his head cut off
The Green Knight reveals himself as Bercilak and says he has passed the challenge and the knights of the round are worthy

5. symbolism three animals- deer, boar, fox
Day one- Hunts for a deer that symbolizes that he tries to run away from the wife
Day Two- Hunts for a boar and that symbolizes how he gave the wife just TWO kisses
Day Three- Hunts for the fox symbolizes the cunningness and deceit and that’s why the wife and Sir Gawain stay together
three cuts at the end

6. Themes chivalry-at first he accepted the Green Knight’s challenge
Then he went to seek out the Green Knight
While he was in the castle he was respectful towards the host’s wife for the most part
He showed courage at the end when he accepted his ‘punishment’ from the Green Knight