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Book II canto I archimago escapes prison and meets up with duessa, who he makes into a raped girl and then since hes too weak, beguiles guyon into thinking redcrosse knight did it so he can attack him. they meet n guyon apologizes, his palmer says stuff to his advisee redcrosse, they leave, then hear a shrike in woods from amavia who guyon revives n tells him about Arcadia then dies. they bury her n guyon vows reveng

finished book I. Spenser is an absolute genius, probably the greatest poet in the English language after Milton, should still be taught in schools today but it is a shame he isn't

book I, canto 11: redcrosse knight is knocked down by the dragons tail, into a well which he rests and is recovered, and ready to fight the next morning. meanwhile, una thinks he died. next morning they fight again, redcrosse knight stabs the dragon, hes in pain, then hits redrcosse with his spiked tail in shoulder, redcrosse cuts his tail off. goes back to well. on third day, redcrosse comes back and kills dragon

Redcrosse knight going up to heaven with contemplation and caelia ??? basically training religiously to become the powerful knight he used to be and defeat the dragon (he is St. George the dragonslayer). basically the part of Rocky or marvel movie where he has been defeated by the villain once and now is training after learning his mistakes then will take on villain at full strength

prince Arthur saves the red crosse knight, kills ogoglio and the ten headed beast, duessa flees. then canto ix, Arthur relates his life story (doesn't know who his parents are, raised by squire Timbra and Merlin)

what does ghest mean ???? guess????

dwarfe runs into Una after red-cross knight is thralled by Italian giant