When Redcrosse first appears, he is presented as a common man, or as Spenser calls him in his letter to Raleigh, a "clownish person" (626). Since the armor Una lets him try on is representative of the armor Saint Paul describes as the armor of a Christian man, it is only natural to assume that if it does indeed fit, then God willed that Redcrosse be some sort of holy emissary. The armor does in fact fit perfectly; theref

Redcrosse's healing begins with Duessa's disrobing. She is shown to be a "fowle deformed wight" (721). Following a brief but dangerous bout with Despair, Redcrosse is taken to the house of Holinesse where he is fully rehabilitated. He can now complete his original task, which is to help Una free her parents and castle from the clutches of an evil dragon, but not before his true lineage and destiny are revealed to him. "Thou Saint George shalt called bee" (748). When the duo finally reaches Una's homeland, the dragon proves to be a difficult foe. Redcrosse fails to destroy it on the first day of battle, and after suffering several wounds, he is knocked into the Well of Life, seemingly by chance. On the second day of battle, Redcrosse emerges refreshed, much to the dragon's dismay, but the result of this day is no different than the first. The dragon succeeds in knocking Redcrosse into the Tree of Life, which once a

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