talking about the reading that occurred last night
canto 4 starts with redcrosse and duessa going to house of pride, redcrosse fights sansjoy
house of pride on sandy hill with weak foundation

describing the different sins, gluttony, wrath, etc
sansjoy taken to the underworld
canto 9 deals with arthur and his love for the fairie queen
concerns about redcrosse being too weak to fight

quest of knight of holiness to make himself holy
poem is about self-prep to be good knight of cross
moral story/allegory: don't leave your faith, fight evil, don't run away
you only despair if you lose hope and faith and give in to death
went into the cave of despair in the first place to avenge the death by killing despair, he was already weak
he needed someone else to pull him out of despair
visiting the palace of a woman on a throne, pride is princess, also idleness, gluttony, lust, greed, envy, wrath