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Milton's Paradise Lost and a Feminist Perspective
- 1. MILTON’S PARADISE LOST AND FEMINISM Prepared by Nishtha Makwana Roll No. 22 Paper 1 - The Renaissance Literature Submitted to Smt. S. B. Gardi Department of English, Bhavnagar. Guided by Dr. Dilip Barad
- 2. What is Feminism ? Should have same rights position in society personal education and As men opportunity have equal rights within gender equality Treated in the same way The marriage as men Women
- 3. Role of women in 17th century Capitalism arrived Negative impact on the status of women Lost economic importance Division of labor Husband worked outside the home Wife reduced to unpaid household work
- 4. Milton’s Paradise lost and faminism Paradise lost 1667-1674 an epic poem Builds a feminist work Eve – first woman according to Christian theology Milton’s Eve : labour, sex and the falls in book 9 of Paradise lost Eve as a stereotype character Eve – modesty and obedience
- 5. Labour division Gardening : a task for eve but a hobby or repast for Adam C. S. Lewis and Northrop Frye described her as a wilful as well as ‘a silly girl’ for taking her labour so seriously Eve can be seen to be depicted as the Patriarchal master Hierarchy between Adam and Eve
- 6. FALL OF MANKIND Eve‘s Insistence on separating from one another to work Desire to separate – Milton’s text not in Holy bible in detail Opened to blaim Eve seems selfish in Comparison
- 7. IN INDIAN EPICS Draupadi Taunt her brother in low Blaming for the fall of their husbands Sita Crosses Laxman raksha Blaming for her kidnaping and the war between her husband and Ravana
- 9. MILTON ALLOWS EVE A VOICE God punished her by saying ‘I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy Conception ; in sorrow thou shalt bring Forth children ; and thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee’ Bias justice Allows Eve a voice and long speeches Making her available to be judged
- 10. Continued… Female voice suspect Meant only to Echo the man’s Milton’s allowances and ideas lost at times Remain unfamiliar even two centuries…
- 11. Conclusion Milton permitting a space for eve A gesture ahead of his time Milton’s Eve is a strong and important character in literary history Bringing a new perspective