... question of where they belong in the world. It was not always that difficult for some to place others however. In Paradise Lost, Book IX, John Milton claimed that women were subordinate and inferior to man, and Eve precipitated both her and Adam's fall because she did not recognize her proper place ... Eve did not accept her position in relation to Adam's. To be somewhat fair, Adam was also responsible for the Fall, but in Milton's mind Eve was more at fault. To John Milton, a Puritan, the woman's place was in the household and to be obedient to her husband. Eve, being the first wife, wa...

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