Anne Ferry's "Milton's Creation of Eve" A significant amount of debate and criticism in the last few decades has focused its attention on Milton's attitude toward women, most specifically Eve in Milton's Paradise Lost. Is Milton a misogynist or a radical defender of women? One seems to think he does a little bit of both on occasion, contradicting himself. In Anne Ferry's , "Milton's Creation of Eve," she believes that Milton depicts Eve not merely as …
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…and offend none. For this, he must be given some form of "Kudos" for making an effort in a time (reign of Charles II in England) where women were not thought highly of-certainly not as "equals". Yet, Ferry's method of proof that Milton is very much in support of women is indeed very well stated throughout the entire paper. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited Ferry, Anne. "Milton's Creation of Eve". Studies in English Literature, 1500- 1900. 28 (1988): 113-132.