http://equalwrites.org/2009/03/26/using-females-using-feminism/ Feminism and Gender Issues at Princeton University Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:33:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://equalwrites.org/2009/03/26/using-females-using-feminism/#comment-494 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:47:00 +0000 http://equalwrites.org/2009/03/26/using-females-using-feminism#comment-494 This is how I deal with Eve, though I’ve only read as far as Book IV, so I don’t know how this would impact the rest of the poem. But:The way I see it, Edenic innocence is <>really lame<>. The sickening goody-goodiness of Adam and Eve (Adam is pretty lame too) is set up to be smashed to bits by Satan, who is really the coolest character, with the best lines. I’m hoping that the Fall will help Eve get some ideas into her head that don’t consist solely of wifely submission, because it seems to me like sin (as Milton presents it) is all about learning to think for yourself. You know?

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