Through the examination of the central characters in The Iliad, The Faerie Queene, and Paradise Lost, one can come to comprehend this transition throughout the epic tradition. ... The Faerie Queene written by Edmund Spenser, is one of the most notable epic poems written during the early modern time period. ... In the poem, the Faerie Queene, also referred to as Gloriana, represents an idealized version of Queen Elizabeth. ... Spenser also wrote what is widely acknowledged as a preface to The Faerie Queene called "Prefatory Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh on The Faerie Queene". ... This ...

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Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" I. Introduction When Edmund Spenser wrote his romantic epic The Faerie Queene, he intended for it to be an allegory. ... In a letter to Sir Walter Raleigh, Edmund Spenser wrote, "Sir knowing how doubtfully all Allegories may be construed, and this booke of mine, which I have entituled the Faery Queene, being a continued Allegory, or dark conceit..."" (514). ... "Each book of The Faerie Queene has as its centre a hero or heroine whose task is to learn a particular virtue by facing, falling before but ultimately discovering how to master, the sp...

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In "The Faerie Queene" there are few female characters, the males take the lead. ... This reigns true for many of the characters Spenser places in the poem. ... Spenser fills The Faerie Queene with numerous accounts of religious ideologies. ... The personification of pure Christian truth, Una aids several characters in finding their faith after losing it. ... Una's role in The Faerie Queene is not only a heroine but one that many can look up to. ...

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