Isolation Flashcards
‘But wished his hap might find, Eve separate’
AO1- Eves departure leads to undignified fall from grace + isolation from God
‘Thou in our miseries fortune have a part’
AO1- because of his isolation from god, Antonio believes we can’t control our fortune, misery is inevitable
AO4
Eve leaves Adam, punishment however Antonio and Duchess are already doomed due to corruption
AO3
Milton’s Puritan values, roles of women
AO5
McGrath- ‘absence of God causes woe of their lapse, with obedience vital in avoiding their fate’ PL
AO5
Kelsey- Duchess’ ‘contempt of pain is an iconic example of human dignity’
AO3
Her isolation from virtue leads to her death (Webster attacking Catholicism)
‘Vehement despair’, ‘but Adam with such counsel nothing swayed’
Their despair over fall from grace leads to contempt, isolation from god leads to isolation from each other
‘And fortune seems only to have her eye sight’
Bosola argues fortune is random, Duchess believes the cards are stacked against her
AO3
Catharsis, Milton teaching that division and rebellion does not lead to happiness, damning comment on the reformation under Cromwell
AO5
Boyle- epic is ‘allegorical for Miltons political intentions’
AO5
Peters- ‘ the duchess’ fate is Webster exploring the ‘starkest form of tragedy’ because deaths
‘But self-destruction therefore sought, refutes that excellence thought in thee’
Adam learns only through obedience with god can salvation be found
‘A miserable knowledge of the small compass of our prison’
Bosola states we are all trapped. Even though the Duchess is imprisoned, Bosola. believes her real prison is her body
AO4
Adam and Eve isolate themselves as a result, Duchess’ isolation is not self manufactured
