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Intro notes for
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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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
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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
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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
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Symbolism: five wounds of Christ
His side
Left footRight foot
Left handRight hand
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Symbolism: five joys of the Virgin Mary
Annunciation
ResurrectionAscension
NativityAssumption
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Symbolism: five virtues of knighthood
generosity
chastitychivalry
fidelitypiety
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Generosity – giving nature, kindness
Fidelity – brotherly love, loyalty, truthfulness
Chastity – purity, integrity
Chivalry – honor, courtesy, valor
Piety – holiness, dignity, humility
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Setting of Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight
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Snowdonia in North Wales
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Beaumaris Castle in Anglesey in Wales
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Caernarfon Castle in Wales
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Possible site of Bercilak’s castle in Wales
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This is one possibility for the Green Chapel…
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This is a close up of the previous picture…
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St. Seirol’s Well… another possibility
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The most likely candidate for the Green Chapel