The more you read into Faerie Queene the more you can connect the pieces with the current state England is in. In the first four cantos we see imagery of the Catholic church being portrait as evil and corrupted. Also towards the end of the 4th cantos we get a good representation of the seven deadly sins. Heres the list of representations of the sins in the Faerie Queene.
1. Peacock = Pride
2. Idleness= Sloth
3. Crane = Gluttony
4. Goat = Lust
5. Camel = Greed
6. Envy = Wolf
7. Lion = Wrath
This book provides a lot of religious imagery. This epic is filled with side episodes, which I find difficult to connect. Like for instance, We go from slaying a half breed monster, to meeting Archimago and giving a false dream.
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