@article{oai:shukutoku.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000982,
 author = {円浄, ゆり and Enjo, Yuri},
 journal = {淑徳大学人文学部研究論集},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Among the books of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, Book V, the Legend of Justice,is the least popular among modern critics; mostly because it contains controversial politicalallusions pertaining to Spenser’s days. The episode of Duessa’s trial is a typical example. Spenser alludes to Mary Stuart as Duessa and allegorises Elizabeth I as Mercilla, who presidesover the trial, to emphasise Elizabeth’s mercifulness towards Mary. Unlike her name, Mercillahas the power to decide Duessa’s execution, which means that Spenser depicts her not onlyas an incarnation of mercy but also as an ideal monarch who possesses both justice and mercy. This gap widens when he proclaims that it is “better to reforme, then to cut off the ill”（V.x.2.9） to emphasise the superiority of mercy over justice, which is set before the death ofDuessa. To close this gap, Spenser identifi es mercy with justice and tries to treat Duessa’sexecution as a merciful act by Mercilla. Moreover, Spenser argues that what should really be“cut off ” is not an evil person but a conception of evil, and he seems to adopt this idea in theepisode. Spenser’s praise of mercy reveals the possibility that he accepts executing an evil person under the name of mercy. However, his intention remains ambiguous because the historical allegory is loaded with double meanings., 3, 論文},
 pages = {25--34},
 title = {Spenser’s Praise of Mercy at Duessa’s Trial in The Faerie Queene, Book V},
 volume = {2},
 year = {2017},
 yomi = {エンジョウ, ユリ}
}