SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT STORY MAP

THE GREEN KNIGHT ARRIVES

• At camelot all is well
• King arthurs and his knights were at the round table
• A giant green knight comes in on a horse
• He challenges them to a game

SIR ARTHUR ACCEPTS THE CHALLENGE

• Sir arthur wants to play his game
• Game is to get a free shot at each other
• Sir gawain steps up for his king
• He prepares to strike the green knight with his axe

SIR GAWAIN BEGINS THE GAME

• THe green knight says he will not flinch
• Sir gawain strikes him in the neck
• His head falls off
• Thr green knight gets on his horse with his head in hand
• Tells gawain to find him in a year and a day

GAWAIN BEGINS HIS QUEST TO FIND THE GREEN KNIGHT

• Sir gawain looks for the green knight
• He finds him at the green church
• A women in the castle is coming onto him
• She is the queen of the castle
• He denies all of her motions toward him m

SIR GAWAIN AT THE CASTLE

• The women pursues him over and over again
• Sir gawain being a knight keeps refusing
• He only accepts her magic girdle
• He begins to look for the green knight
• Finds him at the green church

THE FIGHT

• the green knight is heard sharpening his axe
• Sir gawain presents himself for the end of the game
• The green knight prepares to strike him
• Sir gawain flinches
• The green knight misses him on purpose to prove a point

THE END

• Lady bertilak is the green knights wife
• He has honor for not taking what she offered him
• He nicked his neck to show that he knows they kissed
• Sir gawain is confused about why the green knight did what he did
• Even though he took the girdle for protection