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sir gawain 1126-end
Question | Answer |
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what do they hunt the first day? | deer |
who vistis gawain in the morning? | It was she, the lady, looking her loveliest, most quietly and craftily closing the door, nearing the bed |
what does the lady offer gawain? | You’re free to have my all, do with me what you will. I’ll come just as you call and swear to serve you well |
before she leaves, what does the lady want from gawain? | kiss |
what does gawain exchange with the lord the first night? | kiss |
what do the men hunt the second day? | boar |
what does the lady do this time more forthright? | kiss |
what does the lady chide gawain for not talking about? | how can it follow that twice I have taken this seat at your side yet you have not spoken the smallest syllable which belongs to love or anything like it |
what does gawain give the lord on the second night? | kiss kiss |
what is hunted the third day? | fox |
other than a kiss, what does the lady gift gawain? | a green silk girdle trimmed with gold |
why does gawain accept the girdle, but not the ring? | For the body which is bound within this green belt, as long as it is buckled robustly about him, will be safe against anyone who seeks to strike him |
on the third night what does gawain give the lord? | kiss kiss kiss |
what does gawain omit on the third night? | belt |
what is the name of gawain's horse? | gringolet |
what does the servant say to gawain when they approach the green chapel? | I shall swear by God and all his good saints, and on all earthly holiness, and other such oaths, that your secret is safe, and not a soul will know that you Wed in fear from the fellow I described |
does gawain accept the servant's proposition? | But as faithful as you are, if I failed to !nd him and were to Wee in fear in the fashion you urge, I’d be christened a coward, and could not be excused |
does gawain bravely accept the first blow? | glimpsing the axe at the edge of his eye bringing death earthwards as it arced through the air, and sensing its sharpness, Gawain shrank at the shoulders |
does the green knight deliver the blow the second time? | the warrior in green mocked Gawain again: “Now you’ve plucked up your courage I’ll dispatch you properly. May the honorable knighthood heaped on you by Arthur— if it proves to be powerful—protect your neck.” |
does the strike kill gawain? | a ferocious blow, but far from being fatal it skewed to one side, just skimming the skin and finely snicking the fat of the flesh |
who does the green knight reveal himself to be? | the green knight |
what does gawain do when his treachery is discovered? | “A curse upon cowardice and covetousness. They breed villainy and vice, and destroy all virtue.” Then he grabbed the girdle and ungathered its knot |
why did the knight spare gawain twice? | twice you were truthful, therefore twice I left no scar. The person who repays will live to feel no fear. The third time, though, you strayed, and felt my blade therefore |
is gawain able to keep the belt? | I declare you purged, as polished and as pure as the day you were born, without blemish or blame. And this gold-hemmed girdle I present as a gift |
does gawain accept the knight's invitation? | I’ve loitered long enough. The Lord bless your life and bestow on you such honor as you surely deserve |
why does gawain promise to wear the belt? | I shall wear it with good will, but not for its gold, nor its silks and streamers, and not for the sake of its wonderful workmanship or even its worth, but as a sign of my sin |
what is the knight's name? | Bertilak de Hautdesert |
who is the old lady at the knight's castle? | in my manor lives the mighty Morgan le Fay, so adept and adroit in the dark arts, who learned magic from Merlin |
who is morgan to arthur? | Arthur’s half sister, the daughter of the duchess of Tintagel; the duchess who through Uther, was mother to Arthur, your king |