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A 5 page paper examining the issue of chastity versus desire in Milton's Paradise Lost and Spenser's The Faerie Queene. Looking particularly at the characters of Eve and Britomart, the paper concludes that for both authors, chastity does not mean physical celibacy as much as it means a self-disciplined restraint on wanton desire. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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of exceptions; two of these are the somewhat surprising characterizations of Eve in Miltons Paradise Lost, and of Britomart in Spensers Faerie Queene. What is most surprising in these characterizations,
however, is the way they seem to have been wrung out of the unconscious of two men who emphatically were not feminists in any sense. Both Spenser and Milton give
us three-dimensional women who are not afraid to express themselves and their desires in ways that may seem surprising. Miltons Paradise Lost retells the Biblical story of the Creation, fleshing
out both characterization and motivation from the somewhat skeletal scripture. Considerable attention is paid to the relationship between Adam and Eve. Throughout books four through eight of Miltons Paradise Lost--
Eves creation through the day of the Fall -- Adam and Eve behave much as any young lovers do; they talk, kiss, and nuzzle, exchanging confidences in a more or
less equal manner. There are references to Eves inferior status -- she affectionately presses against Adams side in "meek surrender" -- but this seems to be more of a snuggle
than an expression of passion. However, in Book Nine, the mood begins to change. They still address each other as "Offspring of heaven and earth, and all earths lord" (Milton,
287), and "Daughter of God and man, immortal Eve," (Milton 288). But for the first time, Eve comes up with an idea that shows her to be not quite so
submissive; she suggests that they would get more done if they split up and worked on their own. Adam protests that it doesnt matter if they get all the gardening
done or not; after all, they were not made for "irksome toil, but to delight" (Milton, 286), and they will have a more delightful time if they continue to work
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