Which lines in this excerpt from John Milton’s Paradise Lost support the claim that Satan perceived women as being inferior to men?
The image of their glorious Maker shon,
Truth, Wisdome, Sanctitude severe and pure,

Severe, but in true filial freedom plac't;
Whence true autoritie in men; though both
Not equal, as their sex not equal seemd;
For contemplation hee and valour formd,
For softness shee and sweet attractive Grace,
Hee for God only, shee for God in him:

"Whence true autoritie in men; though both
Not equal, as their sex not equal seemd;"

Milton states here directly that men have the authority, and that women are inferior to them.

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Erudite1 Erudite1 · Answer 2 · 2018-08-04T02:57:37+02:00

The lines, which support satan's view that men are superior to women is given below:

Whence true autoritie in men; though both

Not equal, as their sex not equal seemd;

What the lines above are saying essentially is that, God has placed authority in men and that men and women are not equal; men are superior to women.

Paradise lost is a poem written by John Milton. It is an epic poem that talks about Adam and Eve, how God created them and made them heads over all other creatures and how they lost their place in the garden of Eden.