ENGL 1080 Lecture Notes - Pit Cave, No Expectations, Wild Beasts
4 Nov 2013
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The huge green knight is disruptive and rude when intruding on the party, demanding to see. King arthur maintains his calm and collected attitude, and hospitality. The green knight wants to see king arthur"s knights for himself, and present them with a challenge. The challenge is that he invites brave knights to deliver a blow to him with his own axe, as long as they receive the blow a year later at the green chapel. Sir gawain does not have the reputation the other knights have, his life is not significant compared to the king and other knights, so he is willing to step in and prove his worthiness to the green knight. The green knight asks 2 things of sir gawain before he delivers the blow of the axe: 1. repeat the agreement, make it binding, make sure he understands the conditions. Sir gawain should reveal his name and tell him who he is.
