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Do Now:. Please take a vocabulary worksheet from the front chair. Look up the terms and match them with their definitions. Use the dictionaries on your desks. January 6, 2013. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Vocabulary. Adroitly- (adverb) physically or mentally skillful

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  1. Do Now: • Please take a vocabulary worksheet from the front chair. Look up the terms and match them with their definitions. Use the dictionaries on your desks.

  2. January 6, 2013 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

  3. Vocabulary • Adroitly- (adverb) physically or mentally skillful • Assay- (verb) to prove or test • Adjure- (verb) to appeal earnestly • Feigned- (verb) made a false show of; pretend • Guerdon- (noun) a reward or payment • Largesse- (noun) nobility of spirit

  4. Learning Objectives • Identify the bob-and-wheel poetic form. • Understand the symmetry within the poem. • Explore color symbolism in the Green Knight. • Connect the cyclical shape of the pentangle with other cyclical aspects of the poem. • Understand the symbolism of Medieval Animals. • Compare Bertilak’s hunts to Gawain’s temptations. • Explore the poem’s approach to the concept of knightly virtue.

  5. Arthurian Legend • This is a particular genre of folk tale told from as early as the 12th Century. Folk tales were stories told orally many years ago. • King Arthur is famous for his quests, especially for the Holy Grail. • Romance genre – knights, honour, codes of chivalry, kingdoms, realms, damsels in distress etc.

  6. Look at the image below. What is being depicted?

  7. Winchester Round Table This is the rownde table of kyng Arthur w(ith) xxiiii of his namyde knyattes:1. S(ir) galahallt Sir Galahad2. S(ir) launcelot deulake Sir Lancelot3. S(ir) gauen Sir Gawaine4. S(ir) p(er)cyvale Sir Percival5. S(ir) Iyonell Sir Lionel6. S(ir) trystram delyens Sir Tristan7. S(ir) garethe Sir Gareth8. S(ir) bedwere Sir Bedivere9. S(ir) blubrys Sir Blioberis10. S(ir) lacotemale tayle Sir La cotemal tail11. S(ir) lucane Sir Lucan12. S(ir) plomyd Sir Palamedes13. S(ir) lamorak Sir Lamorak14. S(ir) born de ganys Sir Bors15. S(ir) safer Sir Saphar16. S(ir) pelleus Sir Pellinore17. S(ir) kay Sir Kay18. S(ir) Ectorde marys Sir Ector19. S(ir) dagonet Sir Dagonet20. S(ir) degore Sir Degore21. S(ir) brumear Sir Brunar22. S(ir) lybyus dyscovy(us) Sir Guinglain23. S(ir) Alynore Sir Alymore24. S(ir) mordrede Sir Modred

  8. Rescuing Maidens Chivalry Magic Key features of Arthurian Legends A test of virtue The Evil one A Reward Loyalty and Kinship Good Manners and code of behaviour Quests and Adventure A Trick/Trap

  9. Introduction • King Arthur, Camelot, Gawain, a bold challenge, a perilous journey, a beheading, an enchantment, and a shape-shifter are the ingredients of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. • Written in Middle English in the late 1300s • As with Beowulf, only one manuscript of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is known to exist in the entire world. • Combines two stories: Beheading tale/ Gawain’s quest frames Bertilak’s test of Gawain’s honor.

  10. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight • Story is drawn from Arthurian legend and is an account of a challenge to the pride and integrity of Arthur's court, especially Gawain

  11. Characteristics of Medieval Chivalry • Sought with the aid of the church to make the knight as devout and tenderhearted off the battlefield as he was bold and fearless on it. • Was an ideal rather than a code of conduct. • Ideals were those of honor, courage, courtesy and service to women.

  12. Characteristics of Medieval Romance: • Tales of chivalry with an added love interest and all sorts of wonders and marvels: • Fairy enchantments • Giants • Dragons • Wizards and sorceresses

  13. To understand Sir Gawain: • Ominous (threatening) haunting atmosphere in first two stanzas • The first indication of the Green Knight is the sound of his axe on a grindstone. • There are moments of wry (ironic) humor in an otherwise serious challenge. • Gawain has two types of trials: 1. those associated with frightful physical challenges. 2. those associated with comfort/ mental challenges • He will learn a serious lesson.

  14. Guiding Questions • How does examining the symmetry of form and content in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight illuminate its meaning for the modern reader? • What does Gawain’s adventures reveal about knightly virtues?

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