Milton “We bring not innocence
Into the world. We bring impurity”
DoDaD “ the bashful muteness of a virgin may hide
All the unloveliness and natural sloth which is unfit for a conversation”
ToKaM “Monarchy unaccountable
Is the worst sort of tyranny”
Justify
The ways of God to man
Dryden “Satan is the hero
Because he defeats adam”
Milton “the gravest, moralest and
Most profitable above all other poems
Johnson “Milton shows a contempt
For females as subordinate and inferior beings”
Blake ‘ of the Devil’s
Party without knowing it”
Shelley “an omnipotent
God warring with his creatures
Williams “Milton depicts Satan as malicious and
Idiotic
C.s Lewis “Satan undergoes a
Progressive degradation from gods 2nd in command to a mere peeping tom”
C.s Lewis “through giving Adam the fruit
Eve commits murder
C.s Lewis “Adam fell by
Uxoriousness
C.s Lewis “adams sin was
Less ignorance than eves”
Epson - there is something
Badly wro g about Milton’s god
Epson- the reason why the poem is so good
Is because it makes god look so baf
Evans - gods punishment of Satan is “ A display of sorcery rather than
An act of divine justice
Hill “the poem is an analogy for
The collapse of the commonwealth
Gilbert and gilbar - the Miltonic problem of the fall is a
Specifically female dilema
Fallon “sin is the allegorical embodiment of
Satan’s turning from God. Death embodies the result of that turning
Tillyard , eve takes and
Keeps the initiative
Tillyard, milton fails to convince us
That Adam and eve are happy
Lewalski, Milton’s epic is predominantly
About knowing and choosing
Lewalski. Milton’s private life was replete with
Challenges, joys and sorrows
