The House of Pride arrives in the text due to the Redcrosse Knight's struggles with materiality and his code of chivalry.
Each counselor, a sin, and the falsehood of the structure itself representing a flawed nature, altogether embody the House of Pride.
(Genesis 11:14) Seen in this light, both structures come to represent the inherent vanity that lies within the human artifice, which futilely attempts to imitate, if not surpass, the one true Christian God.
[citation needed] Simultaneously, the House of Pride works as a symbol for the current state of Redcrosse's mental disposition, as well as the status of his soul.
[citation needed] Thusly we come to see this passage take on a much more impactful meaning: "But full of great pittie, that so faire a mould / Did on so weake a foundation ever sit..."[11] As aptly stated by Blythe, "[A]t this point, Redcross too is only a 'fair mould' on 'weak foundations' who is externally fair to the eye of the world, but inwardly he is becoming increasingly foul..."[12] Overall, the audience comes to see Redcrosse and his embrace of Pride as a welcoming to un-Christian values, which subsequently cause him to stray from the righteous path, and ultimately result in his estrangement from God.