Using Language to Describe Allegorical Figures
Milton and Spenser are both describing awful situations in their
relative poems, Milton concentrating on an empty existence, filled
with gloom and despair; in fact the very description is of gloom and
despair, whilst Milton is describing an encounter with the gates of
hell itself, and indeed two terrible creatures, causing an atmosphere
of pure and utter evil flocculated with horror.
Milton's language suggests ultimate evil, words that over centuries
have been distorted to lessen their original dramatic meaning. We
casually use words like "terrible," when describing the weather. In
Milton's poem, words like "terrible" exist; to talk about unimaginable
terror filled situations. When Milton uses the phrase "terrible as
hell," he is saying it is so terrible; it is beyond any humans'
comprehension. To create horror, Milton uses dark words to build up
evil imagery, e.g. "fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell." Using
these extreme adjectives consecutively, it is as if we can picture the
beast growing as the description continues.
Another thing that helps illustrate the mental picture of the scene is
the introduction of shadow and darkness: "Black it stood as night."
This darkness also adds to Milton's description of the shapeless
blob-like figure. Shapeless blob does not do Milton's description
justice. It is a dark, evil figure, both striding and gliding towards
you, almost as if it has no fixed shape and thus could envelop you
entirely. The uncertainty regarding whether it is gas like shadow or
gooey substance also increases the fear, the unknown, and the
unimaginable.
Milton uses many evil comparisons and similes, so, should the
adjectives fail to gi...
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...egard to the man, Spenser tries to emphasize everything about
him is low status. In Spenser's mind, the man is dirty, in the extreme
sense of the word. Spenser portrays this when he says "low sitting on
the ground" This also shows Spenser associates this figure with being
low, soulless bound to the ground forever. He has "greesie locks,"
which is "long growen an unbound"; which put together means the man is
extremely filthy and unhygienic, as he has not washed, cleaned or
groomed himself.
Spenser ends describing a dead person, bringing new filth and hopeless
despair into the atmosphere. The "drearie coarse," which was "all
wallowed in his own yet luke-warme blood," the thought of the "rusty,"
knife, is also disgusting, because the rust would cause a heavy
infection should the victim recover causing even more suffering; no
chance for recovery, despair.
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