... traditional notions of heroism make these two epics unique from one another. Once again, we see how the hero, Redcrosse fights off a terrible dragon with his horse and sword and protected by his armor, who threatens the kingdom of Una's parents who were the rulers and Una herself. ... deepe emperst his darksome hollow maw, and back retyrd, life bloud forth with all did draw"(p.150). This depiction describes Redcrosse's victory over the dragon when he plunges his sword to the beast's throat, but most importantly, it shows the difference between Spenser and Milton, when the latter describ...

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... and development to the ordinary people. These heroes speak to the future generations showing them the hero as "the champion not of things to become but of things becoming; the dragon to be slain by him is precisely the monster of the status quo: Holdfast, the keeper of the past" (Campbell 1973:337). The hero is to be the agent of ... ...

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