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Page 267
... Giant now thinks he can begin weighing them again , he is hardly likely to establish a better version than that which had remained unassailed for so long . Artegall is expounding the official doctrine of the world's stability and ...
... Giant now thinks he can begin weighing them again , he is hardly likely to establish a better version than that which had remained unassailed for so long . Artegall is expounding the official doctrine of the world's stability and ...
Page 268
... Giant is applying the wrong criterion when he tries thus to expose the inequality of contemporary society . False cannot be weighed against the true nor right against wrong . The Giant tries to destroy his scales but Artegall explains ...
... Giant is applying the wrong criterion when he tries thus to expose the inequality of contemporary society . False cannot be weighed against the true nor right against wrong . The Giant tries to destroy his scales but Artegall explains ...
Page 269
... Giant gains little support from the words Spenser allows him to utter . As a Giant , he is conceived as a crude , unreliable figure , a deceiver of the multi- tude . The scene in which he appears takes the form of a debate , like that ...
... Giant gains little support from the words Spenser allows him to utter . As a Giant , he is conceived as a crude , unreliable figure , a deceiver of the multi- tude . The scene in which he appears takes the form of a debate , like that ...
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Acrasia action allegory Amoret appearance Archimago Ariosto armour Artegall Artegall's Arthur attack battle beauty becomes begins Belphoebe Blatant Beast Book Bower of Bliss Braggadocchio brings Britomart Busyrane C. S. Lewis Calepine Calidore Cambell Canto carry castle character chastity concept creates creatures Cymochles death described Despair doth Dragon Duessa Elizabethan emblem books embodied episode evil Faerie Queene fight figures Florimell forest friendship Giant gives Grantorto Guyon Hellenore hero House of Pride human idea imagery imaginative interpretation journey Justice kind lady Malbecco Mammon Marinell meaning mind monster moral narrative nature occasion Orgoglio Palmer Paridell personification phrase plot poem poet poetic poetry possesses Pyrochles quest Radigund reader recognised Red Crosse Knight represents rescue rôle Sans-loy scene Scudamour sense Serena Shepheardes Calender shield simile Spenser Spenserian Squire stands stanza story style suggests Talus theme Timias tion Triamond Una's victim virtue whole