Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Major Characters

• Sir Gawain
• The Green Knight/Bercilak
• Bercilaks wife

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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

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Summary part 2

• He stays at the castle and goes through a series
  of tests he doesnt 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

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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 thats why the wife
  and Sir Gawain stay together
• three cuts at the end

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Themes

• chivalry-at first he accepted the Green Knights
  challenge
• Then he went to seek out the Green Knight
• While he was in the castle he was respectful
  towards the hosts wife for the most part
• He showed courage at the end when he accepted his
  punishment from the Green Knight