Everyman
Heavy on the bias, the religious message of Everyman tells how only this character joins everyman in Heaven.
What is Good Deeds?
This deal kicks of an eventful Christmas in Camelot when the Green Knight arrives and challenges the round table.
What is "give me a strike, and I will return the same one year later?"
This holy journey is the reason for the trip to visit the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury.
What is a pilgrimage?
When seeing baby boys, Jerusalem, reading the bible, or just in general, Margery was commonly found doing this morose act.
What is crying/yelling?
The Seafarer and Everyman both warn against this worldly possession and its dangers to the afterlife.
What is wealth/money/gold?
As opposed to a Morality play, this other "M" kind of play was made to shape the behavior of us peasants and plebians.
What is a morality play?
This traditional sport for knights is how King Arthur attempts to diffuse Pellinore from blocking the bridge.
What is jousting?
Name one of the two gods that Palamon or Arcite pray to in the Knight's tale.
Who is Ares/Who is Athena?
When challenged by a senior member of a church, a Monk challenged Margery with this question to test her connection and faith.
What is "tell me what my sin is?"
What is: Honor, Courage, and Chivalry?
This is the first thing Everyman does when he sees death.
What is bribe him/try to make Death go away?
The Green Knight does not end up killing Gawain because, even as an inexperienced knight, Gawain demonstrated this knighthood trait admirably.
What is chivalry/respect?
This character sells religious tokens which are supposed to help spiritually cleanse you, while ironically telling a tell of the dangers of greed and money.
Who is the pardoner?
Margery's first vision came after this life-changing event for the first time, though she this event happened 13 more times as well.
What is giving birth?
This sagely teacher helps King Arthur as he lives a neophyte life as king.
Who is Merlin?
According to Goods, who states "my condition is man's soul to kill," says this is the best thing to do with him.
What is donate/give to charity/to the poor give part of me?
Knights were allowed to marry, but that was not always the case as they tended to fall in love with these kinds of women.
What are wives of kings/other men?
Who is the nun/Prioress?
Her religious views were quite literal, and while not named for an aquarium in Connecticut, this word describes her ability to see far-out visions.
What is a mystic?
Name one of the ways in which Gawain breaks the traditional mold of what it means to be a knight.
What is: Lying about the magical green sash, flinching when he is about to be struck, or not actually receiving the same blow that he dealt to the Green Knight.
This character, representing the eternal nature of understanding, ends the play.
Who is Knowledge?
To this day, scholars discuss whether this fact about King Arthur was true or false.
What is "was King Arthur real?"
What is sarcastic/mocking/making fun of?
Kempe never refers to herself in her writing by name, but instead with this unflattering moniker.
What is "the creature/this creature?"
When Gawain arrives at a castle before meeting the Green Knight, this is the deal the king tells him.
What is "you must give me whatever my wife/queen gives to you," which turns out to be kisses.