crit both Flashcards
cs lewis dislike
C.S. Lewis “many of those who say that they dislike Milton’s God only mean that they dislike God”
theodicy
Furthermore declared theodicy of “justify the ways of God to men”
Serpent
Milton begins book one by asserting the unattractive nature of the angels- “Who first seduced them to that foul revolt?/ Th’infernal Serpent. He it was”
cs lewis moral
Supports C.S Lewis view that this is the “dazzlingly simple” and “great moral which reigns in Milton”
hephaestos
Milton starkly contradicts long passage about the myth of Hephaestos’ casting down from Mount Oympus- “Thus they relate,/ Erring”
vaunt
“Vaunting aloud but racked with deep despair”
debate
The debate is “dissolved” by Satan, sitting “High on a throne of royal state”
despot
Stevie Davies goes further to argue that Satan is portrayed as an Eastern-Style and “autocratic”
throne
Satan’s throne is one “which far/ Outshon the wealth of Ormus and Ind.”
Blake
Blake: Milton was “of the Devil’s party without knowing it”
HHHH
“a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heaven”
servus
“Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven”
yah
“I give not heaven for lost”
Grrrd
“tyrant”
eek
“human sacrifice”
rebirth
Lines 529-564 the Fallen Angels hold Classical style games, create divine music and philosophize
switcharoo
“Vain wisdom all and false philosophy!”
Fish
Fish: “Not so much a teaching but an entangling”
Fowler
Fowler- “ludicrous” that God, an immaterial and infinite being, would possess Earthly charm and charisma
CS Lewis slave
C.S. Lewis- the “great moral” is that “Obedience to the will of God makes men happy”
aa
Lines 84-124 Satan’s first speech- persuasive and rousing battle cry, however immediately followed by “So spake th’Apostate Angel though in pain,/ Vaunting aloud but racked with deep despair”
