Metamorphosis and Hybridity within The Firebird’s Nest by Salman Rushdie 

Now I am ready to tell how bodies are changed  

Into different bodies. 

- Ovid, The Metamorphoses 

Gender as a corrupting influence within Paradise Lost 

Can gender be a corrupting influence? Is all that is evil in Paradise Lost associated with the feminine? Or is Adam’s masculinity mirrored by Satan? This paper explores the extent to which Milton portrays each gender as corrupt and how he uses this to demonstrate God’s justice.