Last minute content for PL and ADH Flashcards
What kind of feminism may have influenced Ibsen
Liberal feminism - the belief in equality of opportunity for women.
What did Sandra Gilbert say about literature in the late 9th century
That it was preoccupied with the “dramatisation of female imprisonment and escape”
What did Victorian Lorriman say about Eve
“Eve’s body becomes representative of satan’s evil - alluring abilities alongside its own sexually tempting capacities.
What did C.S. Lewis say about sexuality
That “Milton’s representation of sexuality is based on St Augustine’s observations” (that sex draws humans away from God and is never fulfilling)
What did Milton say about manliness
“For nothing now-a-days is more degenerately forgotten than the true dignity of man, in almost every respect, especially this prime institution of matrimony”
(he wanted to liberalise divorce - only for men)
What did Milton say about the human mind in Areopagitica
“God has given us minds that wander beyond all limit and sateity”
What did Stanley Fish say about the correctness of Adam’s actions
“Adam is wrong, no, he’s right, but then of course, he is wrong, and so am I”
What does Nora say to Torvald which appears to be worshipping her
“I’ll do anything to please you Torvald, I’ll sing for you, dance for you”
In what way does the tragic elements of the two texts differ from each other
ADH - what should man do without the perfectibility of God’s image.
PL - the loss of God, forgetting that freedom comes from choosing to obey a superior and actively resisting temptation.
What did Nigel Smith say about Paradise Lost
That it is a poem predominantly about love.
In what ways do both texts reject Romantic and chivalrous stereotypes
PL - Milton critiques the “fabled knights of battles feigned” suggesting that the hero’s choice should lie with God rather than the superficial quest to be a hero.
ADH - loss of chivalry, only the visual, aestheticised version of romance remains; “I have often wished that you might be threatened by some great danger, so that I might risk my life’s blood and everything for your sake”
What did Toril Moi say about Nora
“As long as motherhood and marriage are incompatible with women’s existence as individuals and citizens, Nora will have none of them”
Quotes which show Nora’s/Eve’s vanity
Nora - “Thank heavens any clothes look well on me”, “when anyone is as attractive as I am”
Eve - “thy overpraising leaves in doubt […] but say, where is this tree”, “pride and wandering vanity”, “longing to be seen, though by the devil himself”.
Quote with Eve attempting to adopt the manipulated reasoning that Satan has
“Law to ourselves, our reason is our law”
When was the economic boom in Norway
1843-75
What does Errol Durbach say about Nora
“Part of Nora’s difficulty is that she succumbs too easily to the melodramatic frame of mind”
Why is it that Adam and Eve cannot stop arguing
They have experienced a disjointment in knowledge and understanding which will never be resolved between men and women in Milton’s view.
How can we consider Satan to be a Byronic Hero
“Mad, bad and dangerous to be around”, he is the underdog, the dogmatic and ideological. By using a a POLYPHONIC narrative, Milton becomes unique in giving the devil a voice.
What is Gayle Rubin’s feminist theory
Materialist feminism - that the reason behind women’s oppression is their limited ability in the economic sphere and therefore reliance on men. Mirroring Virginia’s Woolf’s argument that a woman needs “money and a room of one’s own”.
In what ways do Eve and Nora represent the respective settings in which they reside
Eve - “luxurious by restraint”, Eve believes that she is not appreciated enough for her beauty, gratitude is far easier to express in hindsight.
Nora - she is like the Christmas tree, decorative, “stripped of her ornaments” - trapped in her surroundings - Torvald’s study is a space restricted to her.
What is the Parliament of hell called
Pandemonium
What is Jouissance
The pleasure of transgressing the law.
What was associated with the new woman
Celibacy - the new woman was an “unwomanly woman” who is strongly opposed to marriage and skeptical of men
Who calls the new woman an
“unwomanly woman”
George Bernard Shaw
