Eve's unEven relationship with Adam: Milton's Paradise Lost in the light of politeness theory

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

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.

Object Details

• ISSN: 2300-2697
• Extent: Seite(n): 174-183
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences(47)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung ; Kultursoziologie, Kunstsoziologie, Literatursoziologie ; Höflichkeit ; Theorie ; Gleichheit ; Macht ; Bibel ; Geschlecht ; Vergleich ; Feminismus ; Literatur ; Dichtung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ghasemi, Parvin ; Kahmini, Mostafa Sadeghi
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Schweiz
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.47.174
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-57496-4
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST