The Faerie Queen Sept. 24

I must admit I was a bit frustrated with Spencer when I first encountered his writing. I was lost and confused with what he was trying to portray. However, once accustomed to his writing, I found him interesting and overall entertaining. The Faerie Queen was mystical and reminded me of childhood when the stories we watched captivated us to become the characters. At the same time the Faerie Queen has more in depth elements one being deceit and deception and many religious undertones. In class we discussed how duality disguise and deceit are relating to Catholicism. Throughout the story it seems there is this ongoing idea of true faith essentially the battle between Christ against Satin. This idea of Redcrosse saving the island and the King to regain true faith and destroy the dragon (satin). Dragon could also depict Ireland or any other country trying to defeat England. The six year service that Redcrosse must serve to the Faerie Queen before marrying Una was symbolic of the everlasting battle against sin. Basically the battle against the dragon isn’t the end, there are always difficulties that we must face.
I also was fascinated by Una’s background story that was being told in the middle of the story. We discussed in class the Latin term, En Medias Res which translates to “starting in the middle”. Spencer could have used this to keep the reader interested or to better develop the character throughout the story.