Edmund Spenser
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The narrative thread of Edmund Spenser's "The F'rie Queen" seems at first highly complicated. As we enter into the world of Redcrosss knight in the first canto of this poem, we are overwhelmed with a wealth of characters. But as we proceed through the first book, it becomes clear that the complexities (which arise at times to the chaotic) lie on the surface alone, for the basic tale is a simple one. The story of Redcrosse is the story of each Christian who, in this vale of tears, must have his or her faith tested, must sin and be redeemed for those sins, and in the end defeat evil so as to be worthy to be welcomed into heaven.The passage that we are examining for this paper, the seventeenth through nineteenth stanzas in Book One, illustrate the metonymical quality of the work. "The Fairie Queen" is, of course, an allegory, in which each character serves not merely as a character, as an individual with desires and fears like a real human being, but also as the proxy for a larger idea. Redcrosse is the embodiment of Christian faith on this level of the narrative, while Duessa is the embodime
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)
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