Paradise Lost: Difference between Adam and Eve’s Lament on Leaving Paradise - A Contrastive Analysis
Keywords:
Difference, lament, regret, sorrow, material worldview, spiritual worldview
Abstract
The difference between Adam and Eve’s lament on leaving Paradise in Milton’s Paradise Lost is striking in its contrastive content and depth. This paper analyzes the difference that exists between the feelings and spiritual attitudes that Adam and Eve express on the occasion when they are informed by the angel Michael that they have to abandon the Garden of Eden. It is a comparison of their lament in order to understand the contrast of the two attitudes that Milton wove in the tapestry that Paradise Lost is. The paper also explores male and female roles in Paradise Lost and concludes that Adam and Eve are equal yet different, that difference being the cause of their contrastive ways of expressing their sorrow. Adam and Eve manifest two contrastive worldviews in opposition, one spiritual (heavenly), and the other material (earthly).Downloads
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Published
2013-12-01
How to Cite
ServÃnS. (2013). Paradise Lost: Difference between Adam and Eve’s Lament on Leaving Paradise - A Contrastive Analysis. K@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Languange and Literature, 15(2), 85-92. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.9744/kata.15.2.85-92
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