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This paper examines the character of Una, in Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene." It describes Una's symbolic nature in the epic poem and the role that she plays and the relationship that she has with the other characters. The paper suggests that Una's role in the Faerie Queene is an allegory for truth and the Protestant Church and describes how this is so.

From the Paper
"Una, in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, is pure and virtuous. Throughout the novel she provides the Redcrosse Knight with the mental guidance he needs to overcome the obstacles that he must face. She symbolizes the Truth of the Protestant church that must provide direction for the Holiness that Redcrosse represents, saving him from certain doom on several occasions. The relationship works both ways, however; Una also needs saving. Without believers to protect it, the truth can be overcome by evil. In addition to Redcrosse, there are also natural elements that come to Una's aid, such as the lion and the satyrs and faunes of the woods. These natural elements represent nature in general and their relationship to Una is shown to be one of deference to God's truth, as natural law is derived from divine power. The foil to Una is Duessa, who tricks Redcrosse into believing that she is the beautiful lady named Fidessa and uses her power to lead him first to the House of Pride, whereas Una takes him to the House of Holiness."

Tags:protestant, symbolism, truth

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This paper analyzes and critiques several literary techniques used by Edmund Spenser in his work "The Faerie Queene," emphasizing the comic effects. First, the paper describes Spenser's background in a modest London family, and as a student and scholar at Cambridge. It also considers the impact of the Reformation on his works. The paper states that "The Faerie Queene" is Protestant propaganda in a most elaborate allegor,y but for Spenser, human nature was forever in the works, the symbols and beliefs of people most variable or the integrity of what persons undertook.

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"The first four books of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene offer insight into the author's philosophical and religious observations of the society of his day, in ways that are sometimes comic. Much Renaissance literature was allegorical as The Faerie Queene is most definitely. However, much is missed if the comic in Spenser's work is not appreciated in relation to the personality of a most remarkable author whose biography gave him a perhaps broader social and political view than many of the educated or..."

Tags:spenser, comic effects, orientation

Abstract
This paper discusses the first four books of Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene." It shows how the books offer insight into the author's philosophical and religious observations of the society of his day, in ways that are sometimes comic. It discusses how his work became a substantial contribution to his time's Protestant propaganda and was a saga of human society, politics and even political science.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
A Very Protestant Allegory
Ireland as Faerie Land?
A Magical Queen
Human Nature
An Allegory without End
Concluding Discussion

From the Paper
"Spenser received a fine humanist education according to the standards of his day, en route to what is now Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1569. He belonged to a generation raised on stories of the excesses during the short reign of 'Bloody Mary' (1553-1558) in the whole scale persecution of Protestants, as part of her effort to reverse Henry VIII's break from the Church of Rome. As Spenser completed his bachelor's degree in 1573 and a master's degree in 1576, Ireland had become a religious battleground, a charged colonial environment in which Spenser would spend most of his career. Throughout the first four books of The Faerie Queene one finds a great deal of Protestant imagery in terms of kinds of individual virtue, the forces of temptation and human weaknesses to which the greatest of persons can succumb, Book I devoted to the virtue of Holiness, Book II to Temperance, Book III to the virtue of chastity, and IV to friendship. The next book gives way to a long discussion of justice and what is not justice, and the merits of when it is seen to be effected. Spenser carried on to more political themes in the unitary contributions of the Tudors and, of course, the attainments of Queen Elizabeth I who is referred to in Book I as Lucifera, then as Gloriana and in Books III and IV as Belphoebe, too."

Tags:Protestant, allegory, drama, masterpiece

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This paper examines the character of the knight Britomart in the classic story, "The Faerie Queene" by Edmond Spencer. This paper demonstrates how Britomart's character corresponds with the popular interpretation of Queen Elizabeth's personality, where her displays of calm reason as well as those of extreme marital ventures both correspond to the ideals represented in Queen Elizabeth.

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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."

Tags:truth, knight, cantro, spiritual, quest

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This paper discusses how Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" is one of the greatest allegorical poems ever written in English and how the religious symbolism connected with the poem is practically the key of the entire allegory. In particular, the paper examines how the way in which Spenser represents nature in his poem is very significant precisely because the text is an allegory in which the real, natural setting is symbolic. Furthermore, the paper attempts to show that Spenser represents nature in two adverse ways which illuminate his vision of the world. The paper concludes that Spenser represents nature as a sympathetic force which is part of God's divine creation and which is moreover able to reflect the spiritual qualities of a certain being.

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"Nature is therefore itself a part of the great allegory. In fact, Spenser's allegorical poem is a synthesis of his vision of the world, comprising the forces that drive the world and human behavior at the same time. The poem relates mainly the adventures of Redcorsse, the errant knight of Holinesse, and Una, his female companion and the symbol of truth. The Faerie Queene is no less than Queen Elizabeth of England, whom Spenser regarded as a holy person because she was the defendant of Protestantism against the corrupted Catholicism. The allegory opposes these two religions, making it clear that Protestantism is the right religious view. In the first Book of the poem, nature is depicted in its entirely luxurious wilderness. There is a great array of mythological characters and beasts which are met, in turns, by the wandering knight. The divide between the natural and the unnatural forces obviously corresponds to that between good and evil. Although natural law is condemned by Puritanism, Spenser did not reject it. "

Tags:god, Redcorsse, Una

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The paper explores the character of Arthur as a satirical character. The religious themes prevalent in the poem are analyzed in the paper. The paper contends that the poem, "The Faerie Queene," has a strong satirical tone vis-a-vis Christianity and the way society interprets Christianity.

From the Paper
"Readers are aware that Arthur's consistent pattern of chivalry, and that there is a kind of unity in The Faerie Queene with Arthur as it's icon. For example, and this is not satire but rather the building of the strength of character: because Arthur is "greater than the other knights, his periodic intervention on their behalf carries a strong suggestion of a 'descent from heaven' (89) motif" (Nohrnberg, 1976). That motif is found in Book I as "the descent of grace and the condescension of the Word," Nohrnberg explains, and in Book II "the ministry of angels to fallen man" is also part of the building up of Arthur to not only be greater than the other knights, but, to be linked, probably, to the deity Christ."

Tags:arthur, knights, christianity

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The paper discusses that together the House of Holiness and the House of Pride, good and evil, in Edward Spenser's epic novel, "The Faerie Queene" contribute to the moral growth of every man. The author feels that Spenser, through his writings, seems to seek to encourage us to bypass the poem's romantic indulgences and to seek out the poem's allegorical significance instead.

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"The Faerie Queen's subjects in Faeryland are human beings, and endure the uncertainties and vicissitudes that people undergo in the ordinary, everyday world thereby, allowing the readers to "relate" themselves to the characters in the novel. Faeryland is inhabited by both the good and the bad. There are knights who love and seek out the Faery Queen throughout the poem and there are bad creatures, people and monsters that represent various vices, evils and temptations."

Tags:house, holiness, pride, moral, growth, romance, indulgences, allegorical, significance

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This paper addresses the roles played by male and female characters in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Spenser's "The Faerie Queene". The female characters used in this paper are the Chaucer's "Wife of Bath" and Spenser's "Una".

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This paper will discuss allegorical points of view in the "Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spencer. By looking into the moral lessons in the poem, we can understand deeper dimensions in this knightly tale.