In Paradise Lost Book 9 Milton deliberately imposes his own views on women to his readers with his own portrayal of Eve. Milton 's poem extols that
Eve 's positive traits are her beauty, submissiveness, her softness, sweetness and her so called inadequacy to man (Adam). Yet when Eve sets out to be more independent, seek out her own knowledgeable, and become more than just a part of a pair she brings about the fall of man. All of this comes from Milton; he simply follows the thought of his time as to the role of women in society in the seventeenth century. Eve has as many important responsibilities as Adam, but in the hierarchy of the universe, she falls below him.
This independence begins when she proposes in Book 9 lines 205-225 that she and Adam work …show more content…
In that version Adam was not heavily encouraged to disobey God and Eve was not seeking worldly knowledge and independence. They were simply tricked by the devil into being kicked out of heaven. One important difference is that while the bible’s and Milton’s Eve both ate the fruit first it was for very different reasons.
When compared to Milton’s Adam & Eve from Paradise Lost to the original story there are clear indicators of the liberties Milton took with Eve’s character. For starters Eve is considered a simpler character from Adam. She is created from
Adam 's rib as his helper and partner. Nonetheless that is not considered the best role to portray Eve’s positive qualities from a feminist point of view. As stated by
Chikako Tanimoto essay Milton’s Eve in Paradise Lost “By implying Eve 's inferiority to Adam this passage contrary to God 's original intention to create
Adams "fit help" (VIII, 450)according to Adam 's demand for the harmonious fellowship with someone who is not "unequal’s" (VIII, 382)obviously the debases
Eve 's dignity as one of gods creatures furthermore it places her on the same level with animals which are, like eve, under Adams government” (Tanimoto page
Eve 's positive traits are her beauty, submissiveness, her softness, sweetness and her so called inadequacy to man (Adam). Yet when Eve sets out to be more independent, seek out her own knowledgeable, and become more than just a part of a pair she brings about the fall of man. All of this comes from Milton; he simply follows the thought of his time as to the role of women in society in the seventeenth century. Eve has as many important responsibilities as Adam, but in the hierarchy of the universe, she falls below him.
This independence begins when she proposes in Book 9 lines 205-225 that she and Adam work …show more content…
In that version Adam was not heavily encouraged to disobey God and Eve was not seeking worldly knowledge and independence. They were simply tricked by the devil into being kicked out of heaven. One important difference is that while the bible’s and Milton’s Eve both ate the fruit first it was for very different reasons.
When compared to Milton’s Adam & Eve from Paradise Lost to the original story there are clear indicators of the liberties Milton took with Eve’s character. For starters Eve is considered a simpler character from Adam. She is created from
Adam 's rib as his helper and partner. Nonetheless that is not considered the best role to portray Eve’s positive qualities from a feminist point of view. As stated by
Chikako Tanimoto essay Milton’s Eve in Paradise Lost “By implying Eve 's inferiority to Adam this passage contrary to God 's original intention to create
Adams "fit help" (VIII, 450)according to Adam 's demand for the harmonious fellowship with someone who is not "unequal’s" (VIII, 382)obviously the debases
Eve 's dignity as one of gods creatures furthermore it places her on the same level with animals which are, like eve, under Adams government” (Tanimoto page