... a truly noble person. However, only six of the twelve were completed. "Each book of The Faerie Queene has as its centre a hero or heroine whose task is to learn a particular virtue by facing, falling before but ultimately discovering how to master, the specific vices which beset it- (Evans 143). The second book portrays the virtue of Temperance through the knight Sir Guyon. The Fairy Queen ordered him to locate and destroy ... Sir Guyon, Spenser leads him on a path of temptation. Thus, after conquering all of his encounters, Sir Guyon will be a symbol of Temperance. The first test Sir Gu...

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... for a hidden meaning to objects in his epic. Later in the letter, Spenser went on to tell that each of the twelve books that he intended to write would symbolize one virtue. Then combined as a whole, they would represent a truly noble person. However, only six of the twelve were completed. "Each book of The Faerie Queene has as its centre a hero or heroine whose task is to ... learn a particular virtue by facing, falling before but ultimately discovering how to master, the specific vices which beset it" (Evans 143). The second book portrays the virtue of Temperance through the knight Sir...

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• Grade Level: High School