Essays on Literary Genres

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Portrayal of Women in Early Modern Literature

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The literature of the English Renaissance demonstrates a remarkable range of attitudes towards women. While there are significant proclamations of chivalric attitudes towards women such as Walter Raleigh's devotion to Queen Elizabeth I, nearly divine descriptions of love and fidelity such as John Donne's poetry,...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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Women Used as Stereotypes of Gender

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“The Faeire Queene” is an epic poem written by Edmund Spenser in the 16th century – English Renaissance, but set in the Middle Ages because of its being a chivalric romance. Aside from religious allegories, juxtapositions, and contradictions, Spenser mentions the place of gender by...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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The Importance of Gender and Sex in The Faerie Queene

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Varying representations of both genders are abundant in romantic literature of the Renaissance period in general, a fine example of which can be found in Edmund Spenser’s allegorical epic poem, The Faerie Queene. The poem depicts the tale of seven knights, who each represent the...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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The Symbolism of Fidessa, Her Saracen Partner, and Her Fiance in The Faerie Queene

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Fidessa’s character in Edmund Spenser’s “The Fairy Queene”, introduced in the second canto of book 1, is essential to the understanding of one of Spenser’s main messages in the poem: the Roman Catholic Church is corrupt and falsely interprets Christianity. Through Fidessa’s and her Saracen’s...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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Life of Forest Dwellers

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The Forest Dweller, by Hermann Hesse, is a tale not only of the downfall of tyranny or the fall of the high priest it is a tale of existential enlightenment. The Forest Dweller stands as an allegory for existential thought and triumph. The story’s central...

Fairy Tale

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Earthly Knowledge and Moral Descency of Women in The Faerie Queene

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The work of art is a central image in The Faerie Queene, though it rarely appears as a neutral force. On the contrary: art often seems to act as a tool of the post-lapsarian world, dragging once-pure characters into earthly knowledge and moral descent. Specifically,...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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Temperance and Religion in The Faerie Queene

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The Faerie Queene Book Two, by Edmund Spenser, is a book entirely devoted to the concept of temperance and moderation. Espoused as a cardinal virtue in Plato’s Republic, and referred to similarly in several other influential works from across many cultures, temperance encompasses myriad traits...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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Interpreting The Allegory in Faerie Queene

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In many ways The Faerie Queene presents a unique challenge to the English reader. It can be described as epic, romance or fantasy and covers a wide range of topics religious and romantic, political and spiritual, Christian and Pagan. It is also incomplete, leaving the...

Allegory Poetry The Faerie Queene

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The Allegory of Chastity in The Faerie Queene

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The role of the magic mirror in Britomart’s encounter with Arthegall extends beyond the fact that it drives her quest to find him. It is also the center point of Spenser’s theme of reflection and representation and its influence on his use of allegory and...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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The Role of "Hew" in The Faerie Queene and Amoretti

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Though he is by no means a single-minded man, Edmund Spenser’s Amoretti focus largely on the beauty and physical form of the woman he addresses these poems to. In seven of these sonnets, he calls this woman’s beauty her “hew”, or in the modern spelling,...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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Spencers Philosophy on Divine Mercy.

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Spenser’s Faerie Queene evinces the New Testament religious doctrine that God shows infinite mercy toward man, and by “heauenly grace doth…vphold” (VIII.1.3) him despite his weaknesses. This philosophy, shown in The Faerie Queene through Redcrosse Knight’s ascension to Sainthood despite his failures and weaknesses, contends...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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Array and Establishment of Parallel Characters.

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Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene features an array of characters that appear briefly, usually to influence Redcrosse in a critical moment along his journey. Fradubio is one such character, given sixteen stanzas in a poem of over 600 stanzas. The importance of Fradubio’s character becomes...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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Aeschylus Poetics Structure on Tragedy Events Used by Libation Bearers and Eumenides.

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As A.E. Haigh notes, Aristotle treats Aeschylus with complete indifference in the Poetics. Throughout his writings, the standards of dramatic writing are supplied by Sophocles and Euripides. He fully recognizes Aeschylus’ role in the introduction of a second actor and in the expansion of dialogue,...

Aristotle Tragedy

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Relationship Between Una and Red Cross on Holiness.

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Spencer’s Faerie Queene is perhaps the most intricate allegory written in the history of the English language. In this poem Spencer not only releases his creative genius by twisting the letters within his words to create perfect puns but also seeks to engage the Elizabethan...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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The Effect of Deception and Delusion When Linked to Illusion of Love.

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This Great Stage of Fools: The Journey of Delusion and Deceit in Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay Spenser’s The Faerie Queene and Shakespeare’s King Lear Perhaps...

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Greater Classical Epics and Medieval Romance Adheres to Christianity

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Related research Spenser’s The Faerie Queene was written mainly to fulfil an allegorical purpose and to “fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline.” However, the moralistic tone is softened by the fact that the whole complex allegory is masquerading as a...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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Meaning and Transparency of Someones Character .

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In his prefatory letter to Sir Walter Raleigh, Edmund Spenser sets out his intention in constructing The Faerie Queene as allegory. Its aim, he writes, is to ‘fashion a gentleman or noble person in vertuous or gentle discipline’ He continues; the Knights of each book...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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The Impacts of Images on Meaning of Epic Simile

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Spenser’s Faerie Queene fights against reduction; there is no one-to-one correspondence of thing to meaning. Spenser recasts figures and images throughout the poem, allowing meanings to be changed and complicated through the course of reading. Language and form work to divide these moments of action...

Poetry The Faerie Queene

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The Use of Chorus in The Plays by Aeschylus

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In Aeschylus’s Oresteia trilogy, the chorus serves as a multifaceted narrative tool, adapting its role to the evolving themes and conflicts within the plays. This essay explores the transformation of the chorus from a traditional commentator to an active participant in the story, examining its...

Tragedy