I carried our discussion of space from class on Thursday, into our reading for today. In Canto three, Spenser places a lot of emphasis on Merlin’s home and the wall he intended on building. In a way he relies on his house and its location to convey characteristics about Merlin. I wonder what his purpose was, of relying so heavily upon description of space instead of direct characterization. It reminds me of how in Shakespeare’s sonnets there never was a direct speaker or adresses, placing the focus largely on the action and images created. As the Faeire Queene is, after all, a narrative used to describe virtues, maybe reliance on space is for the same function; so that they can be applied to everyone and importance can be placed on the message through action.