https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry By: Robert Ellis en-us 2021-10-05 12:52:07 UTC 2021-10-05 13:44:29 UTC hello@padlet.com ellisro https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1792953486 Gold is used in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to represent more than wealth.  It is a representation of status, honor, and nobility.  The text states: “Adorned with glittering jewels the length of the dock, / Then caught up tight with a thong in a criss-cross knot / Where many a bell tinkled brightly, all burnished gold. / So monstrous a mount, so mighty a man in the saddle / Was never once encountered on all this earth / till then;” (Sir Gawain).]]> 2021-10-05 13:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1792953486 ellisro https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1792961992 Green can be seen as a part of the plot of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, where the appearance of the Green Knight is a symbol for a natural event or challenge that Sir Gawain faces, as well as being the actual challenge.

]]> 2021-10-05 13:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1792961992 ellisro https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1792978402 Red symbolizes passion and motivation in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which ends good and bad for Sir Gawain. An example is when Sir Gawain follows his inner motivations when accepting the quest that the Green Knight offers, which ends up going well for him.  However, he follows his inner motivations by taking the sash secretly, which ends poorly due to him bypassing his morals in order to get ahead.

]]> 2021-10-05 13:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1792978402 ellisro https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1792988885 One could represent the individual nature of honor between the characters in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.  This could be a part of the characterization in the story because each character wants to be the most honorable, like being the first.

]]> 2021-10-05 13:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1792988885 ellisro https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1792998086 Two seems to be a part of the characterization and plot of the story.  Whenever it appears, it is part of the good decisions that Sir Gawain made before messing up.  Sir Gawain accepts the Green Knight’s quest, and chops his neck in two.  He later resists the Green Knight’s wife twice, before accepting the sash without informing the Green Knight.  Two seems to represent a sort of success with moral action before failure. This is like an athlete in a sport doing well in the first two rounds before becoming tired in the third.

]]> 2021-10-05 13:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1792998086 ellisro https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1793033176 Three has a connection with both the plot, characterization, and Medieval Christian society.  The Green Knight swings at Sir Gawain three times, Sir Gawain faces three tests from the Green Knight’s wife, and three is the number of the Trinity in Christianity, which was a substantial part of Medieval society.

]]> 2021-10-05 13:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1793033176 ellisro https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1793069595 Translated by John Gardner. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl Holt McDougal, 2012.]]> 2021-10-05 13:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1793069595 ellisro https://padlet.com/ellisro/p6ruebd8vj8qx0ry/wish/1793075730 https://docs.google.com/document/d/18wmzLi-Ksh2HDr7JupcGhWLIyN-ExM3yBqCKLO8_BlA/edit?usp=sharing

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