Vocabulary
a gathering place where people could feast In Beowulf's Tale.
What is The Hall
the time, place, and environment where an event happens?
What is Setting?
Historical period that lasted from 450 to 1066 in England
What is the Anglo-Saxon Period?
A group of travelers gathers at an inn before beginning this type of journey.
What is a pilgrimage?
The character in "The Canterbury Tales" is known for having five husbands.
Who is the Wife of Bath?
an enemy or opponent in Pardoner's Tale.
What is Adversary?
the person, character, or voice that tells the story?
What is Narrator?
Literature was strongly influenced by this powerful institution.
What is the Church?
Instead of finding Death, the three men discover this beneath a tree.
What is Gold/Treasure?
This character challenges King Author and tests Sir Gawain.
Who is the Green Knight?
a gift left through a will in the Wife of Bath's Tale
What is Bequest?
a person who says one thing but means the opposite?
What is Verbal Irony
This belief in fate was an important part of Anglo-Saxon culture and literature.
What is Wyrd?
The Knight eventually receives the answers from this character in "The Wife of Bath's Tale".
Who is the old woman?
The poet who wrote "The Canterbury Tales".
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
sharpening a blade on a stone made to sharpen in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
What is Whetting
the main character of an epic poem with a quest and abilities?
What is Epic Hero?
What is The Moral
The reason why the Green Knight spared Sir Gawain's life.
What is a test?
This character is Beowulf's loyal warrior who stays with him during his last battle.
Who is Wiglaf?
to forgive, to make free from blame in the Pardoner's Tale
What is Absolve?
a long poem that tells the story of a heroic figure and their deeds?
What is Epic Poem?
Culture that allowed stories to survive for generations before they were written down.
What is storytelling?
Beowulf died after defeating this creature.
What is the Dragon?
This character is blamed by the three rioters for the death of their friend in "The Pardoner's Tale".
Who are the three rioters?