Ambition

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Created on: 23-02-16 11:02

"I'll seat you above law, and above scandal" and "Sovereign of creatures, Universal Dame!/ So talked the spirited sly snake"

Brachiano and Satan- they both are the givers of false illusion and ambition, they manipulate women into believing that tey can be elevated higher than their purpose

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"this face of mine I'll arm, and fortify with lusty wine, gainst shame and blushing" and "he who aspires must down as low as he soared"

Flamineo and Satan- they do not mind if they are fallen, as long as they can reach their ambition

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"Some eagles that should gaze upon the sun seldom soar high, but take their lustful ease, sine they from dunghill birds their prey can seize"

Monticelso-the goodness in ambition can be poisoned by sin

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"I who erst contended with Gods to sit the highest" and ""glorious villains"

Flam and Satan believe that they should be higher than they are

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"Heightened as with wine" "Till deited by thee I grow mature in knowledge as the Gods" and "that beauty and gay clothes, a merry heart and a good stomach to feast"

Eve becomes deluded that she should be more than human whereas Vittoria after sin solidifies her place- she is not deluded

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Card 2

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Flamineo and Satan- they do not mind if they are fallen, as long as they can reach their ambition

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"this face of mine I'll arm, and fortify with lusty wine, gainst shame and blushing" and "he who aspires must down as low as he soared"

Card 3

Front

Monticelso-the goodness in ambition can be poisoned by sin

Back

Card 4

Front

Flam and Satan believe that they should be higher than they are

Back

Card 5

Front

Eve becomes deluded that she should be more than human whereas Vittoria after sin solidifies her place- she is not deluded

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