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Intro notes for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Intro notes for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The manuscript: One story out of four in a single manuscript Pearl, Patience, and Cleanness are the others Composed in the late 1300s around Chaucer’s time most likely written by a priest or a monk

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Intro notes for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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  1. Intro notes forSir Gawain and the Green Knight

  2. The manuscript: • One story out of four in a single manuscript • Pearl, Patience, and Cleanness are the others • Composed in the late 1300s around Chaucer’s time • most likely written by a priest or a monk • Not as well known as The Canterbury Tales • found referenced in many other texts • Original manuscript was “lost” in the 1600s in a fire • Found in 1839 among other manuscripts • story gains its fame in scholarship • Now kept in the British Museum

  3. The predominant characters: • Sir Gawain – youngest of Arthur’s knights • King Arthur – Sir Gawain’s uncle • Queen Guenevere – wife of Arthur • The Green Knight – Gawain’s challenger • Lord Bercilak – assist’s Gawain toward the end of his quest • Lady Bercilak – wife of Bercilak

  4. The story: Medieval Romance – quest to test a person Different dialect of Middle English than Canterbury Tales - more poetic and great use of alliteration Challenge of Sir Gawain’s knightly qualities Gawain’s symbol on his shield -pentangle

  5. Symbolism: five wounds of Christ His side Right hand Left hand Right foot Left foot

  6. Symbolism: five joys of the Virgin Mary Annunciation Assumption Nativity Ascension Resurrection

  7. Symbolism: five virtues of knighthood generosity piety fidelity chivalry chastity

  8. Generosity – giving nature, kindness Fidelity – brotherly love, loyalty, truthfulness Chastity – purity, integrity Chivalry – honor, courtesy, valor Piety – holiness, dignity, humility

  9. Setting of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

  10. Snowdonia in North Wales

  11. Beaumaris Castle in Anglesey in Wales

  12. Caernarfon Castle in Wales

  13. Possible site of Bercilak’s castle in Wales

  14. This is one possibility for the Green Chapel…

  15. This is a close up of the previous picture…

  16. St. Seirol’s Well… another possibility

  17. The most likely candidate for the Green Chapel

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