Paper 1 Critics Flashcards
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Johnson Women
“Milton shows ‘contempt for females, as subordinate and inferior’ - Johnson
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Carey Evil
‘effort to encapsulate evil in Satan was not successful’ - Carey
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Litt Desire
“all men fall victim to self-deception when they are tempted sufficiently” - Dorothy Litt
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Weston Flattery
Eve’s “passions, as a result of flattery, are ruling her reason” - Weston
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Fowler Love
Adam “becomes corrupt because he refuses to divorce Eve” - Fowler
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Tanimoto Inferiority
“After the fall, Eve perceives her position as inferior to Adam’s”
“equal’ and ‘free’ are satanic terminology” - Tanimoto
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Tanimoto Balance
“Adam and Eve are created by the God to have different virtues so they can help each other, compensating for each other’s weaknesses with each others virtues” - Tanimoto
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Tanimoto Inferior
“if Eve is created to be inferior to Adam, how can she help him? - Tanimoto
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Tanimoto God
“In this sense, possession both masculinity and femininity, the God is androgynous” - Tanimoto
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Sanger Milton and feminism
“Milton does not show a hatred of women, but also does not show a willingness to elevate them.”
“This is merely sexism - nothing more, nothing less” - Sanger
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Gilbert Eve Satanic
“Milton’s Eve is Adam’s inferior and satanically inspired” - Gilbert (that Milton is a misogynist)
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Froula Milton Biblical
“The words put into Eve’s mouth by Milton are biblical, not misogynistic in and of themselves” - Froula
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Bennett Evil and Good
“Evil is the absence of pure good and the experience of evil are mutually exclusive” - Bennett
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McColley Eve hardworking
“Milton’s Eve is distinguished from all other Eves by the fact she takes her work seriously” - McColley
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Tillyard Fallen
“They are both virtually fallen before the official temptation has begun” - Tillyard
- Eve dreams of going to heaven and wants to comprehend Evil
- Adam is swayed by Eve’s beauty
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Painter Duchess
views the Duchess as a “Lusty Widow”
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Callaghan Victim/Protagonist
“the figure of the Duchess combines the roles of tragic protagonist and tragic victim”
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Callaghan Autonomy
“widowed women potentically achieved auronomy from men upon the death of their husband”
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Sloane Bosola
“(he) has both a propensity for good as well as evil”
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Scott societal bounds
“the Duchess does not transgress Jacobean societal boundaries on widowhood, but transgresses only her brothers opinions on how she should conduct her private life”
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Scott Ferdinand
“Ferdinand corrupt desire to control both the public and private life of the Duchess ultimately ends in death and madness”