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Week 1 Discussion Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Week 1 Discussion Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Q Read all of the information below before posting your response. This is a post-first forum, and you need to post your response before gaining access to your classmates' posts. Submitting a blank post may result in a reduction of your grade. Step 1: Review Complete the W1 Literary Analysis Tools module. Part of your grade is based on selection, integration, and citation of direct quotations. Read FIIT 1 of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Vol. 1, pp. 140-153). Review the "Critical Reading Skills" section of the W1 Literary Analysis Tools module and then perform a close reading of lines 130-150, paying particular attention to how the Green Knight is described. You may find it helpful to annotate or take notes. Refer to the grading rubric for this assignment using the link in the Gradebook. Step 2: Reflect A close reading allows the reader to carefully evaluate the reading to identify details that may be missed during a casual reading. Identifying these details helps the reader to form conclusions about the text. Analyze the details you observed in your close reading and draw conclusions about both the human and supernatural elements of the Green Knight. Step 3: Respond Post 1: In your initial post, address the following items: What does the passage reveal about the Green Knight? How does the poet use diction to create both human and supernatural elements in the character? Identify at least one example of alliteration in the poem and describe its effect on you as you read the poem. Criteria: 300 words minimum (excluding quotations and citations). Please include your word count at the end of your post. Include properly integrated and cited direct quotations from the poem. You will likely have several, since you are evaluating diction. Posts 2 and 3: Respond to two classmates' post, addressing each of the items below: Identify additional details from a different part of the assigned reading (not lines 130-150) to support or refute your classmate's characterization of the Green Knight. It's ok to disagree, as long as you do so respectfully. Criteria: 150 words minimum (excluding quotations and citations) Include at least one properly integrated and cited direct quotation to support your view. Post on three different days to earn full credit for participation.

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The passage reveals that the Green Knight is not only brave and chivalrous but also witty as he was able to convince the King to take the challenge without even revealing it. He is definitely brave because he has the courage to visit the Round Table at King Arthur’s court without prior notice and challenges them. He carries no armour but a huge axe that had engravings on it in green and "The Spike of green steel". It is a courtly manner to greet in the court but the green Knight does