Paradise Lost Critics Flashcards
1
Q
Martin
A
Eve’s sin is “primarily intellectual” whereas Adam’s is “moral”
2
Q
Empson
A
The reason why “the poem is so good is because God is so bad”
3
Q
Batt
A
“Milton seeks to redefine classical heroism in Christian terms”
4
Q
Reid
A
“Error is a lapse of mind”
5
Q
C S Lewis
A
Adam “fell by uxoriousness” (excessive dependence on wife)
6
Q
Blake
A
“Milton is of the Devil’s party without knowing it”
7
Q
Forsyth
A
Satan’s temptation uses “rhetorical persuasion”
8
Q
Tillyard
A
Adam and Eve are in a “hopeless position”
9
Q
Waldock
A
Satan is “degraded”
10
Q
Stein
A
“Patriarchal poetry”
11
Q
Linn
A
“Eve is superior to Adam only in her beauty”
