Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Elysa Torres https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni British Literature en-us 2017-10-25 17:07:38 UTC 2017-10-28 22:14:02 UTC hello@padlet.com CHRISTIAN IDEAS: etorres29 https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/200522491 2017-10-25 17:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/200522491 PAGAN IDEAS: etorres29 https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/200523217 2017-10-25 17:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/200523217 Sir Gawain's Shield etorres29 https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/200523908 The pentangle in the center of Sir Gawain's shield is a symbol of Christian morality and represents the five wounds of Christ. ]]> 2017-10-25 17:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/200523908 Holly King etorres29 https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/200928712 While describing the Green Knight, the author uses the color green many times. He also mentions the man having a long beard, dressed in gold and green, and having arrived in Camelot with no weapons other than a bough of holly  and an ax. The character of the Green Knight is similar to that of Holly King found in paganism.]]> 2017-10-26 17:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/200928712 The Beheading Game etorres29 https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/200932360 The game that the green knight announces to the people of Camelot is a christian game. 
"And so all I ask of this court is a Christmas game, For the yule is here, and New Year's, and here sit young men: If any man holds himself, here in this house, so hardly, so bold in his blood-and so brainless in his head- that he dares so stoutly exchange one stroke for another..." 
The green knight mentions Christmas which implies the christian tradition of celebrating Jesus Christ on his birth.  
]]> 2017-10-26 17:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/200932360 Sir Gawain etorres29 https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/201430442 Sir Gawain's dialogue  throughout the text consists of clues that can support that he himself is a Christian. 
"No men under Heaven" (line 129)
While Pagans believed in some form of afterlife, they did not believe in Heaven or Hell.
]]> 2017-10-28 17:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/201430442 Time Waiting etorres29 https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/201443418 The Green Knight tells Sir Gawain that he must wait a year and a day to find him so that he can finish the "game." The idea of waiting a year and a day is significant in Pagan traditions. This waiting period can also be in other stories such as Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. ]]> 2017-10-28 21:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/201443418 Chivalry etorres29 https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/201444262 Arthurian chivalry is found in the story when the green knight challenges this code. Men honored bravery, courage, honesty, etc. As the story progresses, Sir Gawain is given a green girdle that will keep him "safe" from harm. He wears it to protect himself from the Green Knight. In the end, he learns that he was dishonest in wearing the girdle and makes to decision of continuing to wear it to remind him. ]]> 2017-10-28 22:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/etorres29/4qos72kdehni/wish/201444262