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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight · Chapter

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A single illustration is listed: a left-handed interlaced, five-pointed star enclosed in a circle.

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupBreaking pointAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

In this passage, the dramatic climax occurs as Gawain, having survived the journey and girded himself with the…

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