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Le Morte Darthur: resumen de Chapter 79

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In Chapter 79, Sir Gawaine watches a powerful knight accept capture, settles a dispute by letting a lady choose, and loses his companion while fighting another knight. After making peace with his opponent, he learns that the captured knight is Sir Pelleas, a tournament champion who loves Ettard.

Qué sucede

  1. A lone knight defeats ten opponents with one spear, then allows them to bind him and lead him away.
  2. Sir Gawaine declines to help, despite his damsel’s urging, because the captive seems willing.
  3. Asked to settle a knight’s dispute with a dwarf, Gawaine lets their desired lady choose, and she chooses the dwarf.
  4. Two knights arrive; one fights Gawaine while the other persuades his dissatisfied damsel to leave with him.
  5. Gawaine makes peace with his opponent, who invites him to stay and identifies the captive as Sir Pelleas.
  6. The knight recounts how Pelleas wins a tournament and gives its gold circlet to Ettard, declaring her beauty supreme.

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En qué fijarte

Gawaine treats the knight’s lack of resistance as a reason not to intervene. His companion reads that decision as unwillingness to help.

Comprobación rápida

How does Gawaine settle the dispute between the knight and the dwarf?

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