PL Critical

Question 1

McColley on Eve

Answer 1

He broke the typical scapegoating of Eve as essentially a temptress and uniquely have her responsible motives

Question 2

Marcus on lust

Answer 2

Not an act of unbridled lust… but an act of heroic resistance

Question 3

Gubar on poetry

Answer 3

Patriarchal poetry

Question 4

Gubar on how PL effected society

Answer 4

Milton exemplifies a patriarchal tradition and writers such as Charlotte Brönte felt compelled to break from this

Question 5

C.S Lewis on Eve

Answer 5

Eve committed murder

Question 6

Unknown on Paradise lost

Answer 6

They redefine classical heroes in a Christian context

Question 7

Moore on Eve

Answer 7

Give Eve more sympathy and equality

Question 8

Blake on Milton

Answer 8

Milton was a part of the devil’s party without knowing it

Question 9

Stocker on women

Answer 9

It is unreasonable to call Milton a mysogynist

Question 10

C.S Lewis on Satan

Answer 10

Satan is… an object of admiration and sympathy

Question 11

Stocker on patriarchy

Answer 11

Eating the apple represents a rebellion against a patriarchal society