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... Comus turns people into beasts by " Off'ring to every weary Traveller / His orient liquor in a Crystal Glass ” ( 64–65 ) . Like the enchantress Acrasia in The Faerie Queene ( 2.12 ) , a Circelike figure of intemperance , Comus offers ...
... Comus turns people into beasts by " Off'ring to every weary Traveller / His orient liquor in a Crystal Glass ” ( 64–65 ) . Like the enchantress Acrasia in The Faerie Queene ( 2.12 ) , a Circelike figure of intemperance , Comus offers ...
Page 56
... Comus's evil or to save her from the consequences of his blindness . As the son of Circe ( " the daughter of the sun " ) , Comus is the grandson of the source of physical light ; but Sab- rina , associated with water and light , is both ...
... Comus's evil or to save her from the consequences of his blindness . As the son of Circe ( " the daughter of the sun " ) , Comus is the grandson of the source of physical light ; but Sab- rina , associated with water and light , is both ...
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... Comus , she can detect the sophistry of his temptation , finally refuting his attempt to en- snare her mind . The poem conceives of the " sun - clad " power of chastity meta- phorically . It is not abstinence , as Comus insists , but a ...
... Comus , she can detect the sophistry of his temptation , finally refuting his attempt to en- snare her mind . The poem conceives of the " sun - clad " power of chastity meta- phorically . It is not abstinence , as Comus insists , but a ...
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