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Who is Shame from The Romance of the Rose and what is their importance? Roman_de_la_Rose English & Literature Shame | The Romance of the Rose

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Shame is the personification of sexual morality within the woman courted by the narrator. She is dressed and veiled like a nun and is the daughter of Reason and Trespass, although she is conceived immaculately, as Reason would never be intimate with anyone (or anything) as hideous as Trespass.