Paradise Lost Critics Flashcards

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Milton ‘thought women made only for obedience, and man for rebellion’

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Dr Johnson

18th Century

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‘women…were second-class citizens’

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Michaela Murphy

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‘By granting her permission, Adam becomes involved in what happens to her’

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Dennis Burden

1968

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‘Satan is superior in character to Milton’s God’

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John Carey

20th Century

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Adam ‘sins with his eyes open’

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J Martin Evans

1973

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‘Eve’s wish to work apart from Adam would not have been taken lightly by Milton’s first readers’

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Mary Beth Long

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‘though Milton portrays her as a weak character, he also puts her on a par with Satan in her refusal to accept hierarchy’

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Sandra M Gilbert

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Giving Adam the fruit, Eve commits ‘murder’

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C S Lewis

20th Century

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