Arthurian Legends 6

WELCOME!

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This lesson contains 13 slides, with text slides and 1 video.

Items in this lesson

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

Free giving
Good Fellowship
Chastity
Courtesy
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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