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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Sep 2014
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      14. As always in Milton, it's interesting how his narrative instincts are at war with his explicit ideological intent.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Sep 2014
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      15. Blake: Milton was "a true Poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it."

      1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Sep 2014
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      16. If Satan is the true hero of Paradise Lost, then Eve is the true heroine of the epic poem.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Sep 2014
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      17. Evidence of the Blakean reading comes from the poetry itself: when God & his servile angels take center stage, poem is static & didactic

      2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Sep 2014
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      18. Conversely, when Satan and Eve are focus of attention, "Paradise Lost" becomes energized & exciting.

      2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Sep 2014
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      19. Satan's disobedience in Heaven finds it's parallel in Eve's disobedience in Eden. Satan & Eve are both agents of change & drama.

      2 replies 4 retweets 7 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Sep 2014
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      20. Ideologically, Milton was (with a few quirks) a fairly traditional patriarch: Eve is praised when submissive to Adam.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Sep 2014
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      21. The quirk in Milton's traditionalism is that he clearly likes sex, sees it as a gift & emphasizes Adam & Eve had good sex.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Sep 2014
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      22. But beneath Milton's explicit commitment to female submissiveness, there is covert sympathy for women (as he had sympathy for Satan)

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Sep 2014
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      23. As @mattduss points out, Satan is precursor to all "interesting bad guys" (Bond villains, Darth Vader), Eve to all femme fatales

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Sep 2014

      24. In conclusion, if Adam only knew how to keep his frigging mouth shut a little bit, we'd still be living in Eden free of sin and death

      1:22 PM - 26 Sep 2014
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        2. Hugh C. McBride‏ @hughcmcbride 26 Sep 2014
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          @HeerJeet Must've been awkward for Adam when he tried to play the "Not all men!" card ...

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Sep 2014
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          @hughcmcbride I'm going to steal that joke.

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        1. Jay Siegel‏ @JSiegel88 26 Sep 2014
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          @HeerJeet While I like your tweetshow, I think you've move past 'reinterpreting' Milton . You think he'd agree root cause is Adam's boring+

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Sep 2014
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          25. Eve: I hate mansplaining. Adam: Hey, not all men are masplainers! Eve: You are the only man in existence. (stolen from @hughcmcbride)

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        3. sarah‏ @dancemix1993 26 Sep 2014
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          "Not ALL Man" @HeerJeet @hughcmcbride

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        1. hollyeh‏ @hollye_h 26 Sep 2014
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          @HeerJeet That reading works for me.

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