Critics Quotes Flashcards
Lisa Coar critic on Eve
All women are judged for displaying an appetite as they long been “haunted by the hunger of Eden’s infamous apple eater”
Barbara Lewalski critic about Satan
Describes Satan as being surrounded by “epic matter and motivations” and is the true hero of the text
William Empson critic (about Milton’s god)
Said that there is something “badly wrong” about Milton’s God. Rather than “justify(ing) the ways of God to man” he only makes God seem “less wicked” than traditional Christian presentations
Chloe Blatt critic about Christian influence
Milton “Seeks to redefine classical heroism in Christian terms”
CS Lewis critic about the fruit
Through giving Adam the fruit Eve commits “murder”
CS Lewis critic about Adam
CS Lewis critic about Adam
“Adam fell by uxuriousness” (excessive attachment to, or dependence on, a wife)
CS Lewis on Satan
“Satan begins by fighting for liberty, but almost at once sinks” he goes from fighting for liberty to becoming a peeping tom and ruins two creatures who have never hurt him.
What does CS Lewis say in regard to Adam’s role in the fall
“The only thing Adam knows is that he must hold the fort, and he does not hold it”
Evans on Satan corrupting
‘Satan seeks to corrupt what he cannot possess’
Lewalski
‘God is a true monarch whose authority should never be questioned’
Sean McEvoy on Eve’s Jealousy
‘Jealousy then motivates the fallen Eve’s desire to make Adam fall too’
Clarence Green on Eve’s error
‘Her error is intellectual, not moral’
Samuel Johnson on Milton’s attitude toward women
‘Milton thought women made only for obedience’
