1. WARM-UP What is a Trochee? How many Trochees would be in a line that was in heptameter?

2. EDMUND SPENSER’S FEARIE QUEEN : CANTO I BOOK I

3. CHARACTERS(GOOD) Una – She has a pet lion Oneness, in contrast to Duessa RCK’s companion Truth Queen Elizabeth (Supreme monarch and head of the C of E) Virgin Mary and Eve all in one Red Cross Knight – RCK for short. Sent to fight a dragon and has a dwarf servant. St. George(patron saint of England) Holiness

4. CHARACTERS(GOOD) Gloriana Current queen (Faerie queen) Sends RCK on his quest to slay the dragon Arthur The best a knight can be. He has the twelve perfect morals. Brave and the ideal RCK must become. Greatest monarch

5. CHARACTERS (BAD) Duessa Deceit and duplicity (two-faced) In book I she represents religious falsehood Nice on the outside, rotten on the inside. Can be viewed as an allusion to Circe (lady that turned men Odysseus into pigs by preying on their basic urges) Archimago Evil wizard/magician Emblem of hypocrisy Born out of defeating Errour

6. SOME MORE Lucifera Name derived from lucifer Embodiment of RCK’s delight in wordly glory Queen of the palace of pride Orgolio Italian for pride He is a giant Sansloy –Joy –Foy Sans- in French means without Three brothers. Without loyalty, without joy, without faith The order they are encountered is purposeful. Trials of the hero.

7. MAJOR THEMES/MOTIFS This is an allegory for the redemptive process all Christians must go through. Also the trials and tribulations a knight must go though to become great. Holiness Purity/chastity(for women) Salvation through believing in Christ Chivalry and courage(for men) Protestant vs. Catholic Appearances