Arthurian Legends 6

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Road Map

• Test news 
• Warming up with a little snippet of something
• Sir Thomas Malory -  Le Morte d' Arthur, questions?
• The Five Concepts -  questions?
• The Lady of Shalott - reading

TEST

• Sir Gawain: Multiple Choice questions
• Historical Context: Fill in the gaps
• True or False questions on both Le Morte and Gawain
• Question on the content of The Lady of Shalott

Sir Thomas Malory - Le Morte d'Arthur

Sir Thomas Malory -  

Le Morte d' Arthur

Answers!

Find out the meaning of the following terms/names/concepts:

1. Pentangle

2. Chivalry

3. Morgan le Fay

4. Guinevere

5. Alliterative verse

Useful, valid source: www.britannica.com  

The Pentangle

'The Endless Knot'

• 5 senses
• 5 fingers 
• 5 wounds of Christ
• 5 joys of the Virgin Mary
• 5 knightly virtues

Knightly virtues

1. Free giving
2. Good Fellowship
3. Chastity
4. Courtesy
5. Pity

Chivalry

• generous
• loyal
•  honourable
• defend the weak
• fight evil

Morgan le Fay

• (half) sister of King Arthur
• sorceress / healer
• Avalon
• Mother of Mordred (and Gawain?)

Guinevere

• Wife of Arthur
• love interest of Lancelot
• Root cause of the downfall of Camelot?

Alliterative Verse

•  alliteration (beginrijm)
•  ties the poem together.
• two or more words (or stressed syllables within words) in a line of a poem that start with the same letter/sound 

Homework

Study the historical context and the answers to the questions for next week!

Read 'The Lady of Shalott'