Epilouge Flashcards
1
Q
“ and burned Apollo’s laurel bough” - chorus
A
- sums up all he has lost
- Apollo was associated with knowledge art poety and oracles
- in ancient times a wreath of laurel which is Apollo’s symbolic tree was awarded to victors in athletic competitions and poetry contests
- laurel was associated with eternity and immorality as the leaves never wilt
-while f may have enjoyed triumph and immortality throug the devil and fame - this has been destroyed by his twisted ambitions which led him to the burning fires of hell
2
Q
“ cut is the branch that might have been straight” - chorus
-“hellish fall”
“Fiendful fortune”
A
- blames f for his hellish fall and feindful fortune
- also expresses sympathy for the man who’s potential for greatness was never realised
- he could have been good
- f has grown twisted bu his choices
3
Q
“ more than heavenly power permits” - chorus
A
- suggests he was punished by god for this
- echoes the prologue like Daedalus and his sin Icarus “ did mount above his reach”
“Heavens conspired to overthrow”
_ he was doomed from the start for seeking unlawful things above his reach - his life serves as a warning to seek knowledge careful and we awry of the pitfall of pride, ambition and overreaching
