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This is a two-part assignment.
Part I. Write a detailed
one-page summary of the events of the canto. Give a blow-by-blow
account of this fight, including the pauses between the rounds.
Part II. Answer either one of the
following questions in three-plus pages.
- Compare the two
dragons of The Faerie
Queene and Beowulf.
What kinds of imagery,
behavior, etc., does each poet present in portraying his dragon? What
are the most interesting or significant similarities or differences
between them?
- The Faerie Queene
is,
among other things, an elaborate allegory: The major figures and events
in the story represent larger ideas and truths. In the Bible, the
figure of Satan or
the Devil is sometimes referred to as "the dragon." Assuming that the
dragon in
Spenser's story is a symbol for the Devil, what do the other elements
of the story represent? What is their allegorical significance? Think
of the major characters, the events, even the details of the setting.
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