Question: Discuss different allegories in The Faerie Queene Book-I. Or, Discuss the allegorical significance of the Red Cross Knight-Una relationship. Answer: An allegory is a detailed description of one thing under the guise of another. A story, which is outwardly ...

Or, Describe the first two adventures of the Red Cross Knight in Spenser’s The Faerie Queene Book-I and point out their allegorical significance. Answer: The intention of Spenser in writing The Faerie Queene, an allegorical romance) as he declares in ...

Question: Comment on the art of Characterisation in The Faerie Queenee Canto-I of Book-I. Answer: In the art of character portrayal Spenser’s position is next only to Shakespeare and Chaucer..”The Faerie Queene” is a picture gallery with luxurious details and colourful ...

Question: Discuss the portrait of the Red Cross Knight in Canto I of The Faerie Queene, Book-I. Answer: The Red Cross Knight, who is the hero of Book-I of ‘The Faerie Queene’ has not been given any name. He is ...

Question: Discuss the role of Duessa as presented in Book I of The Faerie Queene. Or, Describe the activities and allegorical significance of Duessa in Book I of The Faerie Queene. Answer: Duessa is a witch practising black magic and ...

Question: Describe Archimago’s intrigues against Una and the Red Cross Knight, and their allegorical significance. Or, What impression do you form of Archimago as presented in The Faerie Queene Book- I. Or, Write a note on the character of Archimago in ...

Question: Describe the fight between the Red Cross Knight and the monster Error, and its allegorical significance. Answer: Edmund Spenser begins his epic with the adventures of the first knight, called the Knight of the Red Cross, who was deputed ...

Question: Write on Spenser’s treatment of good and evil in The Faerie Queene Book I, Canto I.  Answer: In Canto one of The Faerie Queene, Book-I Spenser has shown the interaction of good and evil, virtues and vices. He thought ...

Life and Works Edmund Spenser was an English poet and a contemporary of William Shakespeare. The Faerie Queene is his major contribution to English poetry. It is mostly a poem seeking (successfully) the favor of Queen Elizabeth I. The poem ...

Question: Discuss the main objective/purpose of the poet in writing The Faerie Queene. Answer: The Faerie Queene is an allegorical romance that was designed in 12 books each portraying one of the twelve virtues. But only six were completed, dealing ...