The Faerie Queene, A Close Reading

The Faerie Queene; a close reading         The first quartette stanzas of Spensers Faerie Queene introduce us to the Redcrosse Knight and Una, two of the of entailment characters in book one. We meet Redcrosse pricking on the plain, which meant horseback riding or galloping forth in Spensers day. He carries with him a fluent shield and is clothed in strong armour that is curve and damaged from wounds in previous battles. However, he has not through with(predicate) the damage because arms till that time did he neer wield. Therefore he is dampening armour owned by somebody else. The horse he rides is unruly and fights against its restraints, the curbe being a strap under the lower jaw of the horse that is tied to the upper ends of the bitt, which is used to keep an unruly horse in check. We are told he seems jolly and sits faire upon his horse. Faire, in this case, means in force(p) and just in conduct, as well as describing person who is with promise. The stanza ends with the knight being described as fit for jousts and keen encounters.         The introduction seems straightforward enough with the exception of the previously ill-defined armour. Because Redcrosse himself has never had to pick up arms, or even fag armour, we are shown he is naif, thus a shred of social movement is then cast upon his abilities.

His unmanageable horse is also curse because a knights greatest asset and weapon is his horse, and an inability to incur it could be deadly. Therefore, in stanza one, a picture is painted of an fledgling and pos sibly unprepared knight with a joyous cent! er field and sincere integrity.         Stanza two adds details to the picture painted in stanza one. We are told Redcrosse has a blood-red cross on his breast, which he wears in... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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