Arthurian Legends 6

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WELCOME!

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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

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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

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Sir Thomas Malory - Le Morte d'Arthur
Sir Thomas Malory -  
Le Morte d' Arthur

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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  

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The Pentangle
'The Endless Knot'
  • 5 senses
  • 5 fingers 
  • 5 wounds of Christ
  • 5 joys of the Virgin Mary
  • 5 knightly virtues

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

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

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

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

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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 

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

Read 'The Lady of Shalott'

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