An Allegorical Interpretation of Satyrane and Una
March 7, 2006
One of the most appealing characters in the first book of The Faerie Queene is Satyrane, the bastard child of a lady who was ravished by a satyre. He grows up in the forest outside of all law and culture, learning nothing but how to cultivate and exercise his will to power. He tyrannizes over the forest creatures with his arbitrary whims, ripping nursing bear cubs away from their mother and other acts which make all the animals tremble in fear of him.
