Comus

Milton’s Comus Gasps were heard throughout the entirety of England as the Castlehaven Scandal surfaced in 1631, a shocking, sensational, aristocratic embarrassment. Mervin Touchet, the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven, was the subject of disreputable rape and sodomy accusations for which he was executed. Touchet was viciously condemned due to society’s sacred image of the female body-- a temple gifted by nature that ought to be protected. In response to England’s uproar, John Milton writes Comus, a masque

morality. However there are two pieces in particular that heavily express Milton’s views on morality. Those two pieces are Areopagetica, and The Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle, otherwise known as Comus. However these two pieces represent a very specific stance that Milton has on morality. Areopagetica and Comus both express Milton’s belief that in order for society to remain pure and good, they must be properly exposed to temptation and that which is impure. This is very evident in Areopagetica when

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character Comus resembles a similar character when attempting to seduce the Lady, and

The Reveal of Character through False Projection’s in “A Masque Presented At Ludlow Castle, 1634 (Comus)” by John Milton Archetypes demonstrate both a constraint for difference beyond objectification as well as a characterized meaning that is devoid of anything beyond surface level appearance; From Milton’s standpoint, characterizations are purely derived from physical depictions and what is said and seen about archetypical character of ingiune-esque “the Lady.” The Lady, without a true name or

is dedicated to comparing the character of Eve from “Paradise Lost” and the Lad from “Comus”, to better demonstrate that Milton’s perspective regarding women is anti-feminist. In both stories of “Paradise Lost” and “Comus”, Milton features a female whose virtue is tested. Eve in “Paradise Lost” is granted agency, but her freedom of choice leads to the fall of her virtue and all of mankind. The Lady within “Comus” succeeds where Eve failed, but is not granted the same amount of agency as Eve. The Lady

sophistry of Comus against the Lady’s enlightened reasoning, which is informed by her commitment to virtue, specifically temperance and chastity. Comus’s palace, with “all manner of deliciousness” and “Tables spread with all dainties,” is intended to arouse the Lady’s appetites. The intricacies of the debate are manifold, but the essence of Comus’s argument is simply stated: that appetites are naturally licit and innocent when gratified. Having exhibited “all the pleasures” in his palace, Comus alleges

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“Lady” In John Milton’s Comus, Lady focuses on her virtue rather than with life’s pleasures. Lady leans towards good and rejects evil. In particular, she shows indifference toward luxury and approves moderation. This evil son of Bacchus and Circe schemes to undermine the Lady's virtue. Pretending to guide her on her way, Comus leads her to his palace, the scene of his lustful revels. He threatens to rob her of the ability to move by waving his magic wand, but the Lady says that he cannot touch her

In the play Comus, Milton utilizes a female protagonist to exemplify the poignancy of tested purify for the female sex. In the political tract To the Doctrine of Discipline and Divorce, Milton asserts that womanhood derives from obedience to the superior sex. To uphold