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'''Orgoglio''' is a literary character in [[Edmund Spenser]]'s famous epic "[[The Faerie Queen]]". He first appears in the seventh canto as a horrible beast and attacks the main character, Redcrosse, who symbolizes the ultimate christian knight during a moment of weakness. He represents the sin of Pride — The word "Orgogli" actually means pride in Italian — and Redcrosse's own error because he was about to sleep with Duessa, the deceptive woman whose name means "duality" and who Spenser often uses in "The Faerie Queen" to represent the Roman Catholic Church. He also represents the Satan. Orgoglio imprisons Redcrosse in his dungeon, a representation of hell, or perhaps purgatory. He has a sinful relationship with the character Duessa, who symbolizes the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes referred to as "The Whore of Babylon." This relationship is meant to represent powerful leaders of the time that granted the church favors in order to gain privilege. He is eventually defeated by Prince Arthur--meant to symbolize King Arthur, and also Britain's glorious past--when Arthur's shield blinds him(it's made of diamond apparently). Arthur is symbolic of Jesus himself defeating Pride due to the Christ-like characteristics that Spenser ascribes to him. |
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{{About|literary character|the television series|Orgoglio (TV series)|the Italian film|Pride (1938 film)}} |
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'''Orgoglio''' is a literary character in [[Edmund Spenser]]'s famous epic ''[[The Faerie Queene]]''. He appears in the seventh canto of Book One as a beast and attacks the main character, Redcrosse, who symbolizes the ultimate Christian knight, during a moment of weakness. |
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"Orgoglio" means "pride" in Italian. |
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In chapter IX of ''[[Waverley (novel)|Waverley]]'', by Sir Walter Scott, the manor of Bradwardyne is compared to the castle of Orgoglio. |
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* {{cite book|chapter=The Faerie Queen|author=Edmund Spenser|title=The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Volume B.}} |
* {{cite book|chapter=The Faerie Queen|author=Edmund Spenser|title=The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Volume B.}} |
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* {{cite web|url=http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/fqueen|title=The Faerie Queene}} [[SparkNotes]] |
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* {{cite web|url=http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orgoglio|title=Definition of Orgoglio}} [[Wiktionary]] |
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Latest revision as of 07:02, 26 May 2021
Orgoglio is a literary character in Edmund Spenser's famous epic The Faerie Queene. He appears in the seventh canto of Book One as a beast and attacks the main character, Redcrosse, who symbolizes the ultimate Christian knight, during a moment of weakness. "Orgoglio" means "pride" in Italian. In chapter IX of Waverley, by Sir Walter Scott, the manor of Bradwardyne is compared to the castle of Orgoglio.
References
[edit]- Hadfield, Andrew (2001). The Cambridge Companion to Spenser. Cambridge University Press. pp. 212. ISBN 0-521-64570-0.
- Edmund Spenser. "The Faerie Queen". The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Volume B.
- "The Faerie Queene". SparkNotes
- "Definition of Orgoglio". Wiktionary
Further reading
[edit]- Quitslund, Jon A. (2001). Spenser's Supreme Fiction. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-3505-1.
- S. K. Heninger Jr. (June 1959). "The Orgoglio Episode in The Faerie Queene". English Literary History. 26 (2). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 171–187. JSTOR 2872024.
- J. W. Schroeder (1962). "Spenser's Erotic Drama: The Orgoglio Episode". English Literary History. 29: 140–159.
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