From its opening scenes--in which the hero refrains from fighting a
duel, then discovers that his horse has been stolen--Book Two of
The Faerie Queene redefines the nature of heroism and of chivalry.
Its hero is Sir Guyon, the knight of Temperance, whose challenges
frequently take the form of temptations. Accompanied by a holy
Palmer in place of a squire, Guyon struggles to subdue himself as
well as his enemies. His adventures lead up to a climactic
encounter with the arch-temptress Acrasia in her Bower of Bliss,
which provides the occasion for some of Spenser's most sensuous
verse. With its mixture of chivalric romance, history, and moral
allegory, Book Two succeeds in presenting an exuberant exploration
of the virtue of self-restraint.
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