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Milton's Comus.(John Milton)(Critical essay)

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From: The Explicator
Date: 20060622
Author:Suny, Rebekah Greene

The character of Sabrina, the patron deity of the River Severn, in John Milton's Comus showcases parallels between both John Egerton, Earl of Bridge-water, and his daughter Lady Alice, who plays the virtuous Lady in Milton's masque. Sabrina becomes noteworthy because she symbolically unites Wales and England while allegorically representing the virtue, honor, history, and courage of the English and Welsh peoples. As Bridgewater, the honored audience of Comus, assumes his new duties as Lord President of Wales, the importance of Sabrina's role as ultimate savior of the honorable and ...