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Page 120
... House of Holiness is artistically far less impressive than the House of Pride it possesses an ability to draw together literary methods which have been employed throughout the plot . There is nothing contradictory in its technique ...
... House of Holiness is artistically far less impressive than the House of Pride it possesses an ability to draw together literary methods which have been employed throughout the plot . There is nothing contradictory in its technique ...
Page 156
... Houses and their occupants . It is due also to lack of action . Admittedly , Arthur and Guyon are required to fight against the enemies of the House before they are admitted , but after that the scene is pre- sented at length and the ...
... Houses and their occupants . It is due also to lack of action . Admittedly , Arthur and Guyon are required to fight against the enemies of the House before they are admitted , but after that the scene is pre- sented at length and the ...
Page 215
... House and Britomart discovers what prevents Scudamour from rescuing his wife . A wall of fire rises in front of the house in which she is imprisoned . Britomart tries , unsuccessfully at first , to enter it . She retires and hesitates ...
... House and Britomart discovers what prevents Scudamour from rescuing his wife . A wall of fire rises in front of the house in which she is imprisoned . Britomart tries , unsuccessfully at first , to enter it . She retires and hesitates ...
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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