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Paradise Lost- initial thoughts - Coggle Diagram
Paradise Lost- initial thoughts
FREE WILL
The only free will Eve had was to eat the fruit. If she hadn't, she would have been obedient and thus not exercising her free will. Therefore, what is the point in free will if it only leads to punishment?
If faith and virtue are not tested, how do we know we possess them truly?
Why would God put the test of the Tree of Knowledge in the garden?
an illusion?
EVE AND SATAN
Both are inferior. Struggle for equality/ power
Satan intelligent? Eve not so bright?
Eve opportunist? Satan a plotter
MISOGYNY
Does Eve accept this or does it push her to rebel?
culture of the times?
JEALOUSY
Eve did not allow Adam to dwell in ignorance in case he got a better offer.
PUNS
fruit/ fruitless
EQUALITY/ ENVY/ AMBITION as motivation for rebellion
parallels with english civil war and frrench revolution
compare and contrast eve and satan- how equal/ unequal to God/ adam
equality the only basis for peace
Agency and control are important for peace