A Quick Opinion On Spenser's "Faerie Queene"

 It would pretty much be wrong if I did not post about my interactions with "The Faerie Queene" considering I have been working on it for literal weeks. I think that this text is laced with so much symbolism, and so much religion, and so, so, so much older English that it would be very difficult to teach in the classroom. Regardless, I think that there are some important themes that can be dissected in this work, though they may not fit the curriculum for a high school classroom. For example, Book Three, the one I have been reading for so long, is directly about chastity, and the different versions and reasons for it. This is not something that I believe can be taught in a high school classroom, though I still greatly enjoyed talking about it in the college classroom. Britomart is one of the coolest women I have ever read about, and Amoret is a woman who I would not find to be amazing at face-value, but upon an intensive study on her I have found that she is quite amazing, as well. If someone wants to read a story based upon strong, capable women who do not need men, or about women who run from men, or about women who would give their life for their husband, this is the story for them. It is rich in symbolism and Christian culture, and the story is of great knightly proportions. I enjoyed this text, but I do not have the time or resources to teach it to anyone (or probably to even ever analyze it again).