Paradise Lost: Love/Marriage Flashcards

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‘flesh of ______, bone of my ______’

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‘flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone’

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‘Safest and __________ by her husband ______’

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‘Safest and seemliest by her husband stays’

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‘Our ____ cannot be ___________. We are ____’

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‘Our state cannot be severed. We are one’

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‘Who can be ________ that woman was __________ for man, and not _____ for woman’

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‘Who can be ignorant that woman was created for man, and not man for woman’

Milton (17th)

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‘Adam fell through ____________’

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‘Adam fell through uxuriousness’

CS Lewis (20th)

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Biblical ideas about marriage (Ephesians 5:22-24)

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‘Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord’

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’ Adam shall ______ with me in ______ or ____’

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‘Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe’

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‘for nothing ________ can be found in _________ than to study ____________ good’

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‘for nothing lovelier can be found in woman than to study household good’

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‘but from his ______, near his ______, to be his _______’

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‘but from his side, near his heart, to be his equal’ (Eve was made)

Speght (‘A Muzzle for Melastomous)

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‘leading a _______, lazy and ____ life, to the great __________ of their poor _________’

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‘leading a proud, lazy and idle life, to the great hindrance of their poor husbands’

  • Wives are a burden to their husbands
  • Describing marriage as a tedious obligation + women as an inconvenience

Swetnam (The Araignment…)

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‘We may ________ each other’s _________ in our share of _____’

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‘We may lighten each other’s burden in our share of woe’

  • Adams desire to share/split the weight of their sin + woe
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