Key Quotations - Eve Flashcards
1
Q
Eve honest about her actions
A
‘The Serpent me beguil’d and I did eate’
2
Q
Eve suggests suicide
A
‘That show no end but death, and have the power,
Of many ways to die the shortest choosing’
3
Q
Eve on what Adam means to her
A
‘Thy love, the sole contentment of my heart’
4
Q
Eve offers to take Adam’s punishment
A
‘Me me only just object of his ire’
5
Q
Eve puts more blame on herself
A
‘both have sinned, but thou
Against God only, I against God and thee’
6
Q
Eve’s punishment as well as childbirth
A
‘to thy husband’s will
Thine shall submit, he over thee shall rule’
