Vanity And Pride Flashcards
‘Look on me! Me who have touched and tasted yet both lived, God therefore cannot hurt ye’
Trying to convince eve using his vanity
‘I fell into the gallery in your service’
Bosola, pertaining to the cardinal
A01
The pride in Satan’s words is twofold. Satan is vain in assuming his place above God, by extension Eve is venal and shows pride in also assuming herself above God. ‘hurt’ stirs images of godly wrath, cast down upon biblically sinful beings. By believing she can sin and not meet the same fate is prideful. Concurrent with the epic being written, women were seen as vessels of sin.
AO1+3
Bosola’s words show that the cardinal is involved in dubious deeds, ‘fall’ can relate to the fall of man (P.lost) and be applied to the catholic cardinal. Cardinal also thinks himself above God, his pride allows him to sin. Contextually, catholics were seen as sinful people in protestant England.
AO1
“Thou art undone… dost thou know what reputation is?”
AO1
“Nor thou his malice and false guile condemn: Subtle he needs must be who could seduce angels”
AO5
J.Reimer- “Eve, and her gender, are portrayed as characters simultaneously esteemed and demeaned.”
AO1+3
Ferdinand is also prideful as he berates the Duchess, once again this is patronising and can be linked to patriarchy as a social construct. The word “undone” links itself to disgrace and ‘fall’, which ties to Paradise Lost.
“This intellectual food for beasts reserved?”
Eve’s use of the word beasts demeans those who she think eat from the tree (for she has been deceived by Satan). She is prideful and assumes herself far more important, thus justifying her eating from the tree.
“may our sweet affections, like spheres, be still in motion”
This can also be seen in “DoM’ when Antonio marries the Duchess. He is prideful to place himself above his own station.
AO5
William Painter-“we ought not climb higher than our force permitteth”
AO3
Milton’s point can be considered patriarchal, while Webster’s is the antithesis, as he has a man underneath a woman (societally speaking).
“Thrones, Dominations.. for the possession of such, not only in right”
Satan shows pride in that he believes all ‘Thrones’ belong to him. Likewise, Dominations stirs thoughts of the English empire (which is concurrent with the text).
“I would have you lead your fortune by the hand, unto your marriage bed”
The Duchess shows pride also, in her confidence in her (blatantly controversial) actions. Once again the world under patriarchy can be used to contextualise why this is deemed wrong.
AO5
Janokowski “by not challenging the renaissance discourse of women, the duchess allows herself to be read as a whore”
