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- Sir Gawain and the Green KnightWho will be the victor?
- Irony as a Parody of RomanceMost stories take the shape of the romantic archetype where the gallant hero overcomes adversity and triumphs in the end. However, the ironic myth has an unexpected ending but is more realistic in nature. This essay explores both types of myths.
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as a Textbook of Chivalric CodeThis article describes how the popular story,"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is an example of Chivalric Code.
- Keepers of Mystery: The Pearl Maiden and the Green KnightThis essay examines the characters of Pearl and the Green Knight in Medieval Literature.
- GAWAIN and the GREEN KNIGHTAn Epic poem of sorts -- set to music, it was originally a rock epic. Continues the saga of Sir Gawain of King Arthur's Round Table, but with an added character, the squire, and an environmental twist.
- Ranks and Officers of the Knights of the AltarThe officers and ranks of the knights of the altar.
- Grendel and the Green KnightA study on villain entrances in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf.
Summary: Stanza 15, Sir Gawain and the Green KnightKing Arthur calls rider a fool, and grabs the gisarme. The rider is pleased with his wine. Gawain accepts challenge to game of beheading.
Summary: Stanza 5, Sir Gawain and the Green KnightKing Arthur refuses to eat, and demands a tale of derring-do. King Arthur's point of pride. The tales must be of champions of chivalry achieved in arms with life left open to chance.
Summary: Stanza 4, Sir Gawain and the Green KnightAt King Arthur's Court, New Years Eve Celebration with Queen Guenevere. New Years Day festivities include exchange of gifts and kissing. Did people in the Medieval period wash their hands before eating?
Summary: Stanza 3, Sir Gawain and the Green KnightKing Arthur lay at Camelot at Christmastide. Camelot was located in southwest England or southern Wales. At Christmastide, the knights and guests feast for fifteen days, have jousting tournaments, and carol-dancing.
Summary: Stanza 2, Sir Gawain and the Green KnightBritain was built by barons, stout-hearted courageous boys. Britain was referred to as the "merry land." King Arthur is introduced as the most courteous of all British Kings.
Summary: Stanza 1, Sir Gawain and the Green KnightThe fall of Troy and King Arthur. Antenor the traitor impeached for his deceitfulness and treachery. Rulers of West Isles were Aeneas decedants.
Summary: Introduction, Sir Gawain and the Green KnightManuscript lost for 400 years in British Library: A Celtic Arthurian poem in the English language. The poem is regarding King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table.
Summary: Stanza 15, Sir Gawain and the Green KnightKing Arthur stands up to the rider and grabs his gisarme. The rider dismounts. Gawain accepts the rider's challenge to Christmas game of beheading.
Book Summary: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain-poet, Chapter 15Stanza 14: Guests astonished, the rider rolled about his eyes bending his bristling brows and wagged his beard. The rider poses several cynical and sarcastic questions for the Knights of the Round Table.
Book Summary: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain-poet, Chapter 14The rider calls Knights of the Round Table "beardless children." The rider will not fight such immature young blood, but rather proposes a Christmas time game, the beheading game.
Book Summary: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain-poet, Chapter 13King Arthur salutes rider, and invites him to join celebration. The rider declines, pontificates the achievements of Arthur and his court, explains he has come in peace and asks for a game. Arthur accepts the rider's challenge.
Book Summary: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain-poet, Chapter 12The guests in the hall stared at the rider and horse in green hue. The guest marveled at that apparition for the color was greener than grass. The guest decided it was a phantom and faerie, and wondered who would be so bold as to champion this question.
Book Summary: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain-poet, Chapter 11The rider hurtles in the hall without defensive gear, but has in one hand a holly bob, and in the other a gisarme as long as an ell, decorated with lace, tassels and buttons. The rider astentatiously prances about the hall, demands to see the Sire.- Book Summary: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain-poet, Chapter 10Medieval, 14th Century rider's hair and beard, horse's hair, mane, tail and foretop twin. The horse's hair was adorned with green, gold, dazzling stones, bands and bells.
- Book Summary: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain-poet, Chapter 9Green Knight dress and attire includes mantle with ermine fur lining, hose, boots, gems and silk. Symbolism of butterflies, birds and gems. Green Knight and horse exactly matched.
- Book Summary: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain-poet, Chapter 8With each flourish of the trumpets, the next course was served. The unknown rider breaks down the hall-door. The rider appears to be a giant, whose back and breast are grim, but waist becomingly small. The giant, gear and all were green!
- Book Summary, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain-poet, Chapter 7Passus I, Stanza 6, Lines 107 through 129: King Arthur speaks, Sir Gawain, Guests position at tables, Flourish of Trumpets, Bagpipes and Drums Proclaim First Course, Feast of Fine Foods, Beer and Wine.
- Book Summary, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain-poet, Chapter 6King Arthur's boyish disposition, point of pride, refusal to eat, demand for marvel tale, chivalry and jousting, and tradition to welcome in the New Year: Passus I, Stanza 5, Lines 85 through 106.
- Introduction: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain-poet, 14th Century EnglandIntroduction: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain-poet, 14th Century England, Manuscript lost in the British Library archives for nearly four hundred years.
- Literary Summary and Analysis: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Part 2 Lines 1046 Through 1078Literary Summary and Analysis: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Part 2 Lines 1046 through 1078
- Literary Summary and Analysis: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Part 1 Lines 444 Through 490Literary Summary and Analysis: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Part 1 Lines 444 through 490
- Literary Summary and Analysis: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Part 2, Lines 534 Through 565Literary Summary and Analysis: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Part 2, Lines 534 through 565
- Literary Summary and Analysis, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Part 1, Lines 1 Through 443The poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" begins with the fall of Troy by the treacherous knight Aeneas, who was a traitor to Troy.
English Literature on Women's PowerThe lives of medieval English women were quite different from today. They were suppressed by the limited amount of power they had. However, medieval literature portrays women as powerful figures.
Britain's Early History Revealed Through the Epics, Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green KnightLiterary fiction does more than just tale a tale. It gives us a view of the time and place in which it was written. This paper draws a picture of early Anglo-Saxon life and, in the process, provides evidence for a historic King Arthur.- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as a RomanceThis critical essay will provide an overview of the four major elements in the romance "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
- Pride as a Theme in Sir Gawain and the Green KnightThis paper examines the theme of pride in the 14th century story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
- Gawain and the GameA medium sized paper on the games played in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- The Importance of Being Red: A Symbolic Guide to Sir Gawain and the Green KnightThere are many meanings and motifs in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. What does the color red mean? Does it show passion or rage? Murder or bravery?
- The Exaggerations of Medieval Romance in Monty Python and the Holy GrailA comparison between the movie, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "Canterbury Tales"
- Values in Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green KnightReputation and fate in Anglo-Saxon and medieval culture
- Summary and Explanation of Sir Gawain and the Green KnightA full summary and helpful comments of the Arthurian tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Intended to Be a Parody of Arthurian Romance?Gawain and his story of the Green Knight is certainly the weirdest in the Camelot canon. Could it be that it was actually a precursor of Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
