Abstract This paper explains that Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" is the story of the knight Redcrosse, who undertakes a quest that is both spiritual and physical and of Una, who travels with him, to help him out of danger in his fight. The author points out that truth, as represented by Una, evidently plays an important role in Book 1 because Una and the Knight love each other romantically and their love is true. The paper relates that truth also has a wider and more important meaning for both characters because truth is the very life of the Knight.
From the Paper "Upon leaving his anchor to truth, Redcrosse, meets a combination of physical and spiritual dangers. Duessa, a witch, appears as an innocent damsel accompanied by Sansfoy. Sansfoy in the allegory represents a lack of faith. Redcrosse easily slays him, apparently rescuing Duessa, who pretends to be Fidessa. In Stanza 34 an enchanted tree, who is in reality a man called Fradubio, attempts to warn Redcrosse of the deceit, Duessa further leads the Knight astray by falling into a faint, from which the Knight revives her with kisses."
