gender roles and hiercahy

“Thus it shall _______ / Him who to worth in women _______ / Lets her will _______.” (9.1182-1184) - _______ Roles and Hierarchy

_______’s narrator adopts a _______ tone to warn against men allowing women too much _______. The _______ is that _______, though portrayed as the _______ leader, willingly follows _______. This reflects the _______ in Paradise Lost between advocating male _______ and recognizing mutual ______________.

befall, overtrusting, rule, Gender,Milton, didactic, authority, irony, Adam, rational, Eve, tension, dominance, responsibility

"The wife, where _______ or _______ lurks, / Safest and seemliest by her husband ______." (, IX)- _______ Roles and Hierarchy

_______ warns _______ that her safety lies in staying with him, emphasizing a _______ relationship where the man is seen as the _______ and _______. Milton uses ____________ between “danger” and the “safety” of a wife by her husband to reflect the _______ _________ underpinning Paradise Lost. It reflects a gender dynamic where the woman’s role is defined by her _______ on the male figure.

danger, dishonour, staies,Gender, Adam, Eve, hierarchical, protector, authority,juxtaposition, patriarchal ideology, dependence

"nothing lovelier can be found / in woman than to studie _______ good, / and good works in her husband to ______ " (, IX)- _______ Roles and Hierarchy

_______ didactic tone reflects the _______ view of the time, stating that a woman’s primary role is to _______ her husband. This reinforces traditional _______ roles, where women are expected to promote the _______ of their husbands rather than act _______. It exemplifies the _______ structure within _______, where men hold _______ and women are _______ to that role.

household, promote, Gender, Adam’s, patriarchal, support, gender, wellbeing, independently, hierarchical, Eden, authority, subordinate

“Render me more _______, and perhaps, / A thing not undesirable, sometime / _______.” (9.823-825) - _______ Roles and Hierarchy

The _______ prolongs Eve’s desire to be “_______,” hinting at her growing _______. The phrase “not undesirable” subtly implies _______, suggesting that _______’s words are beginning to reshape her perspective on _______ roles. This _______ her decision to eat the _______.

equal, Superior, Gender, enjambment, superior, ambition, hesitation, Satan’s, gender, foreshadows, fruit

“For inferior who is _______?” (9.825) - _______ Roles and Hierarchy

_______’s rhetorical question challenges the rigid _______, suggesting that _______ is inherently _______. The _______ is that by seeking _______, she ultimately falls into greater _______ under _______. This reflects _______’s engagement with contemporary debates on _______ and _______.

free, Gender, Eve, hierarchy, Eden, patriarchal, irony, freedom, subjugation, sin, Milton, gender, authority