Creative Essay

You and your friend George Martin are hosting a potluck dinner party. For this party, you must invite one
fictional/historical character from each of the following literary or historical texts: Sir Gawain and the

Green Knight, Malory’s Morte Darthur, and The Wars of the Roses. You must also invite two characters

from Martin’s Storm of Swords. What your creative essay will be is an account of the evening,

incorporating your answers to
all of the following questions:

  1. Who would you invite from each text and why?
  2. What sort of food dish would each character bring to the potluck and why?
  3. What would they drink?
  4. Which characters would arrive early? Which would arrive late?
  5. What would they be wearing?
  6. What else would they bring with them?
  7. Where would they sit at the table?
  8. What would they talk about?
  9. How would the characters interact with each other?
  10. If George pulls out some board games, which ones would they want to play?

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