John Milton and Subservient Women

canful Milton conforms much to the popular misogynism of his era - the sentiment that women argon inferior to men, and wives subservient to their husbands. However, his epic poem Paradise Lost explores the verificatory and distinguished division women in that society could offer in marriage. He argues that the purpose of matrimony is not necessarily procreation, as was the norm in the 1600s, entirely instead to bring a man and a adult female in completion. Eves role in Paradise Lost is Miltons explanation on this very matter. She represents a typical womanhood and (with Adam) a typical union of Miltons time before the fall from grace, and what Milton theorized women could be after. Eves wifely role is an important one, as husband and wife help one other to become better and much complete individuals. Ulti meetly, Eve is Miltons copy of a progression for women, at least in their role in marriage. \nAny across-the-board study of history bequeath bring forth the t actual sensation that women were, and in some cases restrained are, denied rights and basic freedoms. This concept becomes provable when traditional marriage roles are examined. To elaborate, wives were predetermined to carry forth two functions during matrimony: fetching care of the family and procreation. Moreover the woman is groomed from a preteen age to provide the said(prenominal) roles and is essentially forced into the marriage. Milton mirrors this belief through the Eve character. She is not just forced to be Adams mate; she is specifically created for this purpose. However, the relationship betwixt the two characters in regards to any social structure such as marriage is rigorously figurative. But if this position is taken, and then the metaphor could be lengthened even further to intromit the idea that the Garden of paradise itself acts like a church. on the whole this information lends itself to Miltons hint that Adam and Eves fall from grace was prospered because it allows for the female counterpart to create mentally in position from so...