Which statement illustrates society’s view of women as illustrated by spenser’s sonnet? women’s physical beauty was glorified. women were seen as primarily homemakers. women were portrayed as temptresses who lured men. women were portrayed as equal to men in all ways.

The statement ''Women’s physical beauty was glorified" illustrates the society’s view of women in Spenser’s sonnet.

Option A

Explanation:

Spenser wrote a series of sonnets under the Amoretti series dedicated to his beloved. Some critics assume that his beloved was his future wife Elizabeth Boyle while others considered the women to be one of his lovers. The sonnet series is based on the love that he feels for his beloved.

The entire sequence is based on how he woos his beloved, how she lures him into love and ultimately how he glorifies her physical beauty. So in some of his sonnets he uses the genre of “Blazon”, a poem that glorifies the physical beauty of a woman.  

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answer: c

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