Round 11: Tossup 10

This character says it is “great bliss for a man to love them well and believe them not” in a monologue about how “womens’ wiles” ruined Adam, Solomon, and Samson. A lengthy dressing scene assigns concordances like the Five Wounds of Christ to the pentangle on this character’s shield. (10[3])Simon Armitage’s introduction to his translation of one poem notes that this character’s name must be pronounced as both an iamb and a trochee to preserve meter in bob and wheel sections. (-5[1])This character returns three kisses received from a woman (10[1])and obtains her magic girdle. In a circa 1400 poem, this nephew of King Arthur travels to a northern chapel to finish a game with a figure he had beheaded at Christmas. For 10 points, what character titles a Middle English poem (10[1])with the Green Knight? ■END■

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