In this letter, Screwtape discusses with his nephew the type of woman he would like to encourage the patient to "fall in Love" with. He goes on to disclose how the devils have been working for decades, using popular artists, dressmakers, actresses and advertisers to sell a certain type of woman that will appeal to a man's vanity. How true this is today.
Here are some questions to discuss with your students:
1. Why are attempts to forcibly end a man's chastity always unsuccesful?
2. Who does the devil enlist to help him influence man's definition of the "perfect" woman?
3. What type of woman according to the letter is pleasing to God? I will go ahead and answer that here, as it may be hard to discern in the letter: one who is charitable, readily obedient to marriage, coloured all through with the golden light of reverance and naturalness.
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