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Acrasia is an evil, pleasure-seeking sorceress who lives in the Bower of Bliss and who is the main antagonist of Book II. Since Book II is about the temperate Sir Guyon, Acrasia represents the opposite of temperance, luring men like Sir Mordant to their deaths by causing them to seek too much pleasure. Ultimately, she is defeated by Sir Guyon, which demonstrates the superiority of the virtue of temperance.
Acrasia Quotes in The Faerie Queene
The The Faerie Queene quotes below are all either spoken by Acrasia or refer to Acrasia. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book II: Canto I
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His carriage was full comely and upright,
His countenance demure and temperate,
But yet so sterne and terrible in sight,
That cheard his friends, and did his foes amate:
He was an Elfin borne of noble state
[…]
Him als accopanyd upon the way
A comely Palmer, clad in blacke attire,
Of ripest years, and haries all hoarie gray
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Book II: Canto XII
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Said Guyon, See the mind of beastly man,
That hath so soone forgot the excellence
Of his creation, when he life began,
That now he chooseth, with vile difference
To be a beast, and lack intelligence
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Acrasia Quotes in The Faerie Queene
The The Faerie Queene quotes below are all either spoken by Acrasia or refer to Acrasia. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book II: Canto I
Quotes
His carriage was full comely and upright,
His countenance demure and temperate,
But yet so sterne and terrible in sight,
That cheard his friends, and did his foes amate:
He was an Elfin borne of noble state
[…]
Him als accopanyd upon the way
A comely Palmer, clad in blacke attire,
Of ripest years, and haries all hoarie gray
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Book II: Canto XII
Quotes
Said Guyon, See the mind of beastly man,
That hath so soone forgot the excellence
Of his creation, when he life began,
That now he chooseth, with vile difference
To be a beast, and lack intelligence
