I’m interested in the shift from the pastoral ,to knights and ladies. Although Spenser relies on the same language we’ve become accustomed to from Shakespeare, such as fairness and darkness to define beauty, and nature and animals to represent sexuality; there seems to be an implied shift. I believe there is a shift from the private interiority, which defines sexuality and the choice to reproduce; to a greater social idea of sexuality and institutional interest in temptation and virute; as represented by the characters in the epic.