Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Differences between men and women in Paradise Lost
- Sense of faith
- Adam's appears stronger/total
- Blind faith
- Adam is aware of what is lost -good lost evil gained
- Eve wants test/question faith
- Eve challenges
- Sense of social hierarchy
- Adam is placed as social superior
- Eve wants equality-initially.
- Milton's language makes her appear radical
- Also appears to blame her more for The Fall
- Adam makes conscious choice to fall
- Exemplifies freewill
- Eve takes conscious decision to part from Adam
- Freewill again
- Attitude towards work and Garden of Eden
- Adam wants to enjoy Garden
- Eve exemplifies the Protestant work ethic
- Attitude to love and marriage
- Self sacrifice