33. Early Milton Flashcards
(51-52)
Milton’s an advocate of (1)___.
(1)immorality
What are Milton’s values?
Freedom and self-determination (as well as Shakespeare and Donne).
What else did he write?
Sonnets.
What political changes happened?
Parliament decided to put the executed King’s son to the throne.
What Milton argued about? After what event?
After the execution of Charles I, Milton argued about people being free by nature and had a right and them having a right to overthrow a tyrant.
What does he defend?
Freedom and republicanism.
On what conditions was “Paradise Lost” written?
(He was blind. Then he got arrested. He got out of prison by paying a fine)
He orally dictated “Paradise Lost” to his third wife.
What work was he attracted to? Who else share this attraction?
Like Spenser and Malory, he was attracted to the Arthurian legends.
What do Blake and Shelley think of satan?
That he asserts his own freedom.
What is “Paradise Lost” about?
About gain through loss.
Does “Paradise Lost” have any extra works?
A sequel “Paradise Regained” was written.
What’s the most popular work of the imagination in English? Who is the author? For how long had it been popular? What does it consist of?
John Bunyan’s “The Pilgrim’s Progress”. The medieval play of “Everyman”. It consists of allegories: Great-heart destroying Giant Despair and Doubting Castle.
