ng down the road in great fear. There is a rope around his neck, and his head is uncovered: "About his neck an hempen rope he weares,/That with his glistring armes does ill agree;/But he of rope or armies has now no memoree." (Book I, Canto IX, XXII). This terror being experienced by Trevisan was brought about by the villain Despair, who attempted to convince him that suicide was the only answer to his situation. However, Trevisan tells Redcrosse that he came to his senses long enough to escape from Despair just as he was about to hang himself.
Of course, Despair brings hopelessness, which is exactly the opposite of faith. Good gives way to evil when Despair takes over one's mental and moral state. This is really the nearest
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