Great Books III Study Questions for Assignment 28

SPENSER, THE FAERIE QUEENE Book One: Holiness. Cantos 1-6

ASSIGNMENT Read The Faerie Queene, Book 1, Cantos 1-6

STUDY QUESTIONS: What is the rhyme scheme and meter of this poem? Upon what muses does the poet call in the introductory stanzas before Canto 1 Canto 1 Who is in the group described in the first six stanzas? In what ways does the dragon in lines 11-27 represent Error? How are Redcrosse and Una separated in this canto? Canto 2 With what character does Redcrosse take up in this canto? What does she represent? Canto 3 With whom does Una fall in and what do they represent? Canto 4 Who are the six Counsellors of Pride who ride the beasts drawing Pride's car? What 1) clothing, b) object, c) disease, and d) beast are associated with each one? Canto 5 How does Archimago separate Una from Satyrane? Canto 6 How is Redcrosse captured by the Giant Orgoglio, and what does this represent? Whom does Una meet, meanwhile? What does she tell him about her history?

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