Paradise lost critics Flashcards
(13 cards)
William Blake “Milton was a …
“Milton was a true poet of the devil’s party without realising it”
Erskine “the theologian in Milton …
“the theologian in Milton persuaded that death was a curse, but the poet in him uttered his true opinion- that death is a heaven sent release”
Fowler “In a sense Adam …
“in a sense, Adam becomes corrupt because he refuses to divorce Eve because he wants solace at any price”
Daniel “Milton throughout his works …
“Milton, throughout his works, associates fallen sensuality and lust with death, evident in Satan’s seduction of Adam and Eve, which brings death into the world”
McColley “Milton sees part of …
“Milton sees part of himself in Eve, not only in her cultivation of the garden, but also the manner in which she seeks freedom and a little solitude”
Hamilton “Milton actually gives Eve …
“Milton actually gives Eve a role in the marriage, of challenging her husband, which many other women in contemporary works were not given”
Wheeler “Milton Laudably …
“Milton laudably gives Eve a mind of her own which she perversely uses to oppose Adam and reject him”
Tillyard “Adam, who Eve expects …
“Adam, who Eve expects to be firm, suddenly weakens”
Williams “Milton denounces …
“Milton denounces Adam’s act. But he also imagines Adam’s passion so intensely it almost makes us wish it could be approved”
Russo “Eve’s proposal brings to light …
“Eve’s proposal brings to light her craving for independence and self-determination, contradicting the established patriarchal imposed inferiority laid out for her in genesis”
Phillips “That which makes her …
“That which makes her female is what will enable Satan to bring her down or to induce a man to join her in sin”
Empsom “Milton thought that men …
“Milton thought that men aught to control women but that would make him feel all the more outraged when Eve turns round and blames Adam for having let her go”
Wells “It is Eve’s naivety and …
“It is Eve’s naivety and vain qualities that god gave her and all mankind that allows her to be tricked into eating this fruit rather than her traits as a woman”
