ENGLISH 4522 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: The Faerie Queene
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Summary (100-150 words max): the boatman rows the boat, and the palmer steers the rudder. They travel past the gulfe of greedinesse, the rock of reproach, and the wandering islands. phaedria tries to board their boat, but the palmer rebuked her. They continue to travel past the quicksand of unthriftyhed and the whirlepoole of decay. a large wave with sea monsters comes toward the boat, but the palmer smites the sea. They pass a maiden crying and the mermaids singing. Bower of blisse, and the palmer subdues beasts with staff. Sir guyon spills bowls of genius and excess. Guyon passes by a fountain and two women bathing; the palmer directs him forward. Arcasia and verdant are surrounded by ladies and boys singing and dancing. Guyon and the palmer traps arcasia with a net, and then guyon destroys the garden. Old characters returning: acrasia: her name means unmixed or intemperate; she is the witch who rules the.