Throughout the book, most of the problems that Spencer and the Redcrosse night with inventing love stem from the fact that they are doing it in a physical sense. The Knight's service to a lady can be looked at as nothing more than submission to her desires. There is always a hidden anxiety inside in proving oneself to be a worthy knight, driven by male ego.

His lady sad to see his sore constraint,

Cride out, "Now now Sir knight, shew what ye bee,

Add faith unto your force, and be not faint:

Strangle her, else she sure will strangle thee

So forth they rode, he feining seemly merth,

Let fall her eyen, as shamefast to the earth,

And knitting all his force got one hand free. [I,1,167-69]

That when he heard, in great perplexitie,

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Approximate Word count = 600
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)