English Literature / Unit 5 ENL 0403 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: The Challenge
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The idea
At Camelot's New Year feast a green giant offers a game: any knight may strike him with his axe if he can return the blow in a year and a day. Gawain, Arthur's nephew, beheads him; the Green Knight picks up his head and rides off.
In practice
A beheading game at a Christmas feast.
Where people slip
Gawain accepts to spare the king.
Your place on the trail
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