The House of Pride

As the Red Cross Knight split away from Una and began his separate journey, he began to stray from his original purpose and succumb to sinful pride (an alluring sin that all humans must battle and will most likely fall to at some point in their lives). Duessa leads the knight to the "sinfull house of Pride", a place where nothing is as it seems and humans fall victims to the sin and illusion. The scene is described with hundreds of people lining up to enter the house of Pride, a suggestion that pride is an accessible and desirable sin. The palace is described as a structure "without morter laid, whose wals were high, but nothing strong, nor thick" This image conveys the idea that the house is grand and large but has no true foundation or fortitude. I thought of a house of cards that could be destroyed with the slightest brush of air or flesh. The house is also described to be covered with "golden foile" which is a thin layer of gold. Gold is a symbol of grandeur and wealth, however, this gold is simply a foil that provides an illusion of splendor. Everything about the house of Pride is a contradiction -- its appearance is deceiving and misleading... this connects to the sin of pride. Pride is a sin that allows one to be boastful and conceited, like the house, these negative tendencies have no merit and are easily crushed.