The Faerie Queene Overview
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Who represents holiness in The Faerie Queene?

  • Sir Calidore
  • Redcross Knight (correct)
  • Sir Guyon
  • Britomart
  • What does Redcross Knight carry that protects him?

    an enchanted shield

    Which character represents temperance?

  • Sir Calidore
  • Britomart
  • Sir Guyon (correct)
  • Redcross Knight
  • The villainous witch Acrasia is associated with the theme of ______.

    <p>pleasure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Britomart is the only major knight in The Faerie Queene who is a woman.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate goal of the Redcross Knight?

    <p>to slay the dragon</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which book does Sir Calidore pursue the Blatant Beast?

    <p>Book VI</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the knight with the virtue they represent:

    <p>Redcross Knight = Holiness Sir Guyon = Temperance Britomart = Chastity Sir Calidore = Courtesy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The seventh book of The Faerie Queene has been completed.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who helps rescue Amoretta from Busirane?

    <p>Britomart</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Sir Guyon resists temptation and destroys Acrasia's ______.

    <p>Bower of Bliss</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    The Faerie Queene

    • Written by Edmund Spenser
    • Divided into six books with fragments of a seventh
    • Each book tells a self-contained story
    • Protagonists represent different virtues
    • Antagonists represent the heroes' opposites

    Book I: Redcross Knight

    • Represents holiness
    • Serves the Faerie Queene
    • Travels with Una and her dwarf
    • Enchanted shield with a red Christian cross
    • Goal: Slaying the dragon terrorizing Una's parents in Eden
    • Battles Error, a monstrous serpent-woman
    • Tricked by Archimago into believing Una's infidelity
    • Led astray by Duessa disguised as a fair maiden
    • Faces trouble from Saracens: Sansfoy, Sansloy, and Sansjoy
    • Rescued by Prince Arthur who becomes King Arthur
    • Saved from Despair by Una
    • Finally defeats the dragon after a three-day battle
    • Marries Una but leaves to serve the Faerie Queene

    Book II: Sir Guyon

    • Represents temperance
    • Serves the Faerie Court
    • Archimago tries to convince him to attack Redcross Knight
    • Encounters Amavia, a dying woman
    • Learns of Acrasia, the pleasure-seeking witch who killed her knight
    • Resists temptation on an island devoted to idle pleasure
    • Battles hot-headed knights like Pyrochles
    • Destroys Acrasia's Bower of Bliss, freeing those trapped

    Book III: Britomart

    • Represents chastity
    • The only female knight in The Faerie Queene
    • Obsessed with finding her future husband Arthegall after a vision
    • Trained in knightly ways
    • Accompanied by her nurse Glauce
    • Wounds Marinell, a knight warned against women
    • Meets Scudamore seeking to free his lady Amoretta from Busirane
    • Convinces Busirane to free Amoretta

    Book IV: Cambell and Triamond

    • Represents friendship
    • Cambell holds a tournament to find a husband for his sister Canacee
    • Triamond, the strongest of three brothers, wins the tournament
    • Cambell and Triamond become great friends
    • Cambell marries Triamond's sister, Cambina
    • Britomart and Arthegall meet and fight in a tournament
    • Britomart wins, but they both fall in love after removing their helmets
    • Amoretta is captured by a "savage" carle
    • Arthur and Timias help Amoretta escape
    • Amoretta reunited with Scudamore

    Book V: Arthegall

    • Represents justice
    • Travels with his iron companion Talus
    • Subdues and punishes injustice
    • Defeated and captured by the Amazon queen Radigund
    • Britomart rescues him, beheading Radigund
    • Rescues Eirena from the evil tyrant Grantorto

    Book VI: Sir Calidore

    • Represents courtesy
    • Pursuing the Blatant Beast
    • Witnesses the idyllic life of shepherds, especially Pastorella
    • Drawn into this life, but leaves it behind
    • Leads a rescue mission after brigands attack the shepherds
    • Decides to continue his quest to subdue the Blatant Beast
    • Finds the beast, muzzles it, and forces it to follow him
    • The Blatant Beast eventually breaks free and continues to roam

    Book VII: Mutabilitie

    • Only two cantos survive
    • Mutabilitie (Change), descended from titans
    • Argues for rule over heaven instead of Jupiter
    • Challenge is ultimately unsuccessful
    • No definitive ending due to Spenser's death

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    Explore the epic poem 'The Faerie Queene' by Edmund Spenser, focusing on its structure and key themes. Delve into Book I featuring the hero Redcross Knight and his journey representing holiness, alongside other important characters and their virtues. Understand the distinctive storytelling technique used in this iconic work.

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