Criticisms Flashcards
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Queering Satan -Jennifer Kaplan
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The concept of Satan after the religion was an invisible, disembodied force.
Satan embodies literary archetype o a temptress.
Transformations reinforce Satan’s ‘otherness’
Satan becomes a wand-loss of masculinity, rank in hierarchy of gods.
Satan being visible is feminine as he can be observed, recipient of sexual desire, gaze of God.
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Eve: Poignancy and paradox -Sandra M. Gilbert
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Eve refuses to accept hierarchy of Eden
Only convinced Adam because she was jealous of a ‘New Eve’ being made.
Little care for the loss of Eden.
Eve is a problematic construction that obstructs women.
Rebellious and disobedient.
Victim of Satan- Or a double?
