February Mock Flashcards
Intense emotions of Milton
Justify the ways of God to man
Intense emotions of Webster
Anger at corruption surrounding the monarchy
What does intense emotion drive and what is it driven by
Drives the narrative of literature and the downfall of it’s characters
Driven by love and ambition
What are satan’s intense emotions
Anger - wants to disrupt the hierarchy
What happens as Satan finds Earth to be more beautiful and quote
His torment increases, ‘I feel torment within me’
What does Satan lower himself to
An animalistic state without reason - ‘contained into a beast’
What is Satan controlled by
His tormented thoughts so he doesn’t access the freedom he hoped by rejecting God
What does ‘beast’ show
Savage and brutal nature
What did MIlton believe power did
Corrupted prople
What did Charles I, like Satan, want?
To take God’s power through vanity and selfishness
Despite self realisation that intense emotions cause unacceptable actions characters still….
Seek power and knowledge
Evan Satan quote
Satan corrupts what he cannot possess
James Satan quote
Satan is blinded by his desires
Satan temper quote
‘Satan’s ethereal temper’ - he is still a magnificent being in anguish
What kind of figure is Satan
Vindice figure - bent on revenge for the sake of it
Quote that shows Satan’s anger is never ending
‘Infinite wrath’ and ‘infinite despair’
What kind of character is Bosola
. Archetypal malcontent
. In tense emotion of depression
. Medieval audience believed his humours were out of balance
What does Bosola desire
Status rather than money
What is ambition according to Antonio
A ‘great man’s madness’
How is Bosola like Eve
descends from the hierarchy in being closer to God as his acceptance of the ‘provisorship of th’ horse’ - loses reason
What does his acceptance of status make him
a ‘creature’ and it ‘makes me a villain’
James I book to his son
Baskillion Dragon
How does Milton introduce the fall
Change these notes to tragic
Eve’s intense emotions is….
Destructive for all of mankind
What does Eve want and what does this disrupt
Eve wants to be ‘more equal’ which disrupts the spatial heirachy
How do critics say we read the novel
As fallen beings and are tempted in the same ways as the characters
What does Eve’s actions echo
Satan’s devilish desire to rebel against God for more power
Eating the fruit quotation
‘Greedily she engorged without restraint’
Stock character
A temptress who cannot control her emotion – plays into stereotypes at the time that emotions are weak
Scale of creation critic
Molly Mahood
Scale of creation theory
Eve is one step removed from the Devine reason of God and Angels whereas Adam is one step closer, she is closer to instinct and a more passionate way of thinking
What does the bible show
man is master of woman
What does Eve’s sin mean
everyone is inherently, morally corrupt
Quote for fruit corrupting Eve
‘soiled and stained’
After me too how would Eve’s action be seen
not be seen as unacceptable and the codex recludo podcast say that fallen beings are more interesting
The Duchess manipulates Antonio into marrying her
‘I winked and chose a husband’
What did the duchess choose
Body natural over body politic
Links to famous people
Lady Arbella Stuart
Queen Elizabeth
Like Eve the Duchess is a
Stock character
‘Lusty widow’
What does Ferdinand say when he finds out about the pregnancy
‘I could kill her now’
What does Cariola recognise
The destruction the Duchess has caused through her marriage ‘I owe her much of pity’ realising the nature of her unacceptable behaviour rather than offering admiration like a modern feminist audience
Linda Woodbridge on the Duchess
sees the Duchess as a hero of desire - ‘she celebrates it and indeed dies for it’
Christina Lucky on the Duchess
‘acts on human impulses in the name of virtue only to discover that she cannot control the consequences of her choices.’
What are Adam’s intense emotions
Love for Eve
What is Adam overcome with
. ‘Fondly overcome with female charm
C.S Lewis quote
‘Fell by uxeriousness’
What happens to Adam and Eve when they fall
‘In lust they burn’
What does Adam say when he see a fallen Eve
‘certain my resolution is to die’
What does Antonio say to the Duchess
‘I am all yours’
What does Antonio lack
Perhaps Antonio lacks intense emotions and simply allows himself to be manipulated by the Duchess
How does Antonio react to the death of the Duchess
Lacks the intense emotion to vengeance the Duchess wants a ‘friendly reconcilement’ with the Cardinal
How is not having intense emotion make Antonio’s action acceptable and what is the quote for this
he does not betray his morals - ‘that only have thy benefit in death to appear myself’
