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Eve's unEven relationship with Adam: Milton's Paradise Lost in the light of politeness theory
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Abstract Feminists, among others, have found Eve's representation in Milton's Paradise Lost problematic over the last centuries. Some of them consider Eve to be Adam’s inferior while others find traces of egalitarian relationship between them. This study uses Penelope Brown and Stephen C. Levinson's Politene... view more
Feminists, among others, have found Eve's representation in Milton's Paradise Lost problematic over the last centuries. Some of them consider Eve to be Adam’s inferior while others find traces of egalitarian relationship between them. This study uses Penelope Brown and Stephen C. Levinson's Politeness Theory and applies it to the conversations between Adam and Eve prior to the Fall in order to address this issue. It is demonstrated in this article that, before the Fall, Eve always exercises less power than Adam except for a brief moment that she achieves equality.... view less
Keywords
politeness; theory; equality; power; bible; gender; comparison; feminism; literature; poetry
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Free Keywords
Milton, J.; Paradies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 174-183
Journal
International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2015) 47
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.47.174
ISSN
2300-2697
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed