madly studying (and therefore, going a little mad)
Emma on Jul 23rd 2008
I’m here going over everything, specifically “A Masque at Ludlow Castle” right now, and my notes in the margins and in my notebook are really quite funny. I read them aloud to Madeline and Rachel today already, but they are striking me as very entertaining right now, especially out of context. Some life lessons, perhaps. Ha. Though in context they make perfect sense. Some of them.
Random Notes on Milton’s “Masque”
“…so to lose virginity is to participate in the ultimate earthy degradation”
“A healthy, blissful marriage is to be aspired to.”
“Drunkenness –> misery = arrogance and ignorance”
“Lust leads to the pollution of the soul.”
Me, to Comus, as he tries to take the Lady’s virginity: “It’s special dude, not something she can just throw away” (and yes, I actually wrote this in the margin)
And, to sum it up: “After Comus sticks her to the chair (with semen??), she never speaks again”
I actually am taking useful notes on my legal pad, I’m sorry I’m not sharing all that. Maybe in a little while I’ll post something more substantive/helpful. 
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