The feminine power in Spensers The Faerie Queene
Summary :
Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- How Archimago tricks Redcrosse.
- The feminine power that Una has.
- The power that Duessa has over Redcrosse.
- Conclusion.
Abstract
Throughout the faerie queene, there are female representations, the most prominent female characters are Una and Duessa, but there are also Errour, Lucifera, Night, Caelia and her three daughters. These female characters exude a certain form of power: Errour has physical power; Lucifera has power over a kingdom; Caelia has heavenly power; and Night has magical powers. Una has the heavenly power of truth in contrast to Duessa's power of falsehood and black magic. Although all these characters have individual power, they all share a common feminine power over men. Edmund spenser's epic, the faerie queene, uses the female characters Una and Duessa to represent the path of good and the path of evil respectively; by pairing these characters with the Redcrosse Knight, spenser illustrates the power, whether good or evil that women possess to compel men to action.
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