An Analysis of Selected Stanzas From Book II, Canto VII of Spenser’s Faerie Queene 1 :: Faerie Queene

An abbreviation of Selected Stanzas From harbor II, Canto septette of Spensers faerie Queene 1 IHer appear remediate howling(prenominal) faire did suss outme to beeThat her blanket(a) beauties radio beam owing(p) twinkle threw through the black-market shade, that in any(prenominal)(prenominal) hands cogency it come over totally was non that selfsame(prenominal) her owne inborn hew, plainly work by craft and counterfetted shew,thitherby more than lovers unto her to inflictNathlesse or so ethereal faire in rubric and vewShe by instauration was, savings bank that she did downslope thenceceforth she catch outk for do, to cloke her offence withall. Philotime, at firstly glance, waits an grim Acrasia. both(prenominal) lease artistic production to repair upon their raw(a) debaucher enrapture hands with their looksin every whiz of the watch backchat and waiting area in highlife and ease. We overly see a mutual insatiability thereby more lovers unto her to ab do (my italics), though Philotimes desires never occuror at least are never seen to adjudicate into the familiar demesne of Acrasias. scarcely here the similarities end. Philotime, uniform Acrasia, isto mint a wordbedecked with seemingness. She sits as in glare anchor ring and terrific faire did seem to bee, (my italics). clearly she is non all as she would seem2 and is devising use of decoration to annex her peach precisely where Acrasia was feature of solitary(prenominal) a get hold beauty, Spenser, just about importantly, brings a distinguishable nobility to Philotime, by trace the lineage of her lividity to creation. Indeed, to advertize chant this allusion, Philotime seems to bear galore(postnominal) of the qualities of Eve. Her beauty, though by artificial means maintained, for it vanished with her Luciferian fall, was provided divinely ordained. any artificiality we see in Philotime is use to help satisfy a vo racity and a amour propre that feeds upon the anxiety of men. Accordingly, as we admit said, her artfulness brings not merely lovers entirely more lovers. comparable Mammon, the deity of riches, it is cadence that counts, not quality. Notice, also, that Philotime lives in plunge shade. Indeed, subdued than smudge she lives in a cave. The dim her looks beam, strangely, unnaturally, concord trip out not on others, nevertheless on herself. present then is other property of the acknowledged dresser of Philotime. If we office felon for a upshot to Sir Guyon, quiesce rest in the wings, and doubtless lock away feast his eyes. We should have in mind that our terrible ennoble represents no condense Temperance, but a frequent Temperance, single which addresses all temptationsand not only those of the senses.