journey to be holy Lady Una In this allegory Lady Una is the symbol of truth and goodness She stands for true religion which is the Church of England in Spenser s view She is beautiful pure and innocent Spenser describes her as So pure an innocent as that same lambe The journey of Lady Una and the knight symbolizes that a good Christian must be guided by truth or true religion Monster Error The knight fights against a vile monster named Error Monster Error is the symbol of falsehood It stands for the lies of false religion The knight defeats the monster in a fierce battle This fight is a symbolic struggle against the dangers of false religion and sin The monster s thousands of offspring are the followers of false religion Archimago Archimago is another important allegorical character in Canto I He is a powerful sorcerer He pretends to be a pious man but he tricks the knight into leaving Lady Una So Archimago is the symbol of hypocrisy and lies He stands for the Roman Catholic priests who are full of tricks and lies according to Spenser s view So in this allegory all the good characters stand for the Protestant Church of England while all the evil characters stand for the Roman Catholic Church in Spenser s view