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Paradise Lost Book 10 Quotes Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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“heinous and despiteful act of Satan done”

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Commentary on the fall (1-33)

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“What can scape the eye of God all-seeing”

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Commentary on the fall (1-33)

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“Who…hindered not Satan”

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Commentary on the fall (1-33)

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“Of man with…free will armed”

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Commentary on the fall (1-33)

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“They knew and ought to have still remembered The high injunction not to taste
the fruit”

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Commentary on the fall (1-33)

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“They… deserved to fall”

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Commentary on the fall (1-33)

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“Be not dismayed nor troubled at these tidings”

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God reacts and speaks to the angels (34-62)

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“But whom send I to judge them?”

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God reacts and speaks to the angels (34-62)

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“Man’s friend, his mediator, his designed both ransom and redeemer voluntary”

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God reacts and speaks to the angels (34-62)
Referring to Jesus

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“Unfolding bright….blazed forth…resplendent”

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Jesus responds to God’s request for him to judge them (63-91)
Milton describing Jesus

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“To do thy will”

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Jesus responds to God’s request for him to judge them (63-91)

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“The worst on me must light, when time shall be”

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Jesus responds to God’s request for him to judge them (63-91)

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“I shall temper so justice with mercy”

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Jesus responds to God’s request for him to judge them (63-91)

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“They heard, and from his presence hid themselves among the thickest trees”

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Adam and Eve hide from the Judge in Eden (92-123)

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“Where art thou Adam?… I miss thee here”

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Adam and Eve hide from the Judge in Eden (92-123)
Jesus looking for Adam

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“Discountenanced both, and decomposed”

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Adam and Eve hide from the Judge in Eden (92-123)

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“Love was not in their looks”

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Adam and Eve hide from the Judge in Eden (92-123)

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“Guilt, and shame, and perturbation, and despair, Anger, and obstinacy, and hate, and guile”

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Adam and Eve hide from the Judge in Eden (92-123)

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“I stand… either to undergo myself the total crime, or to accuse my other self”

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Adam confesses to Jesus whilst blaming Eve (124-141)

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“This woman whom thou mad’st to be my help… so good, so fit, so acceptable, so divine”

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Adam confesses to Jesus whilst blaming Eve (124-141)

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“From her hand I could suspect no ill…her doing seemed to justify the deed”

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Adam confesses to Jesus whilst blaming Eve (124-141)

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“She gave me of the tree and I did eat”

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Adam confesses to Jesus whilst blaming Eve (124-141)

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“Was she thy God?”

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Jesus responds to Adam’s confession in which he blamed Eve (144-156)

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“Thou didst resign thy manhood”

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Jesus responds to Adam’s confession in which he blamed Eve (144-156)

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“She was lovely… to attract thy love, not thy subjection”

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Jesus responds to Adam’s confession in which he blamed Eve (144-156)

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“With shame nigh overwhelmed… and abashed”

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Milton describing Eve’s confession (157-162)

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“The serpent me beguiled and I did eat”

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Eve’s confession (157-162)

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“Polluted… vitiated in nature”

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Judgement and punishment (163-208)
of the serpent

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“Upon the belly grovelling thou shalt go, and dust shalt eat”

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Judgement and punishment (163-208)
of the serpent

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“Her seed shall bruise thy head, thou bruise his heel”

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Judgement and punishment (163-208)
of the serpent

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“Thy sorrow I will greatly multiply”

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Judgement and punishment (163-208)
of Eve

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“Children thou shalt bring forth in sorrow”

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Judgement and punishment (163-208)
of Eve

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32
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“To thine husband’s will thine shalt submit, he over thee shall rule”

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Judgement and punishment (163-208)
of Eve

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33
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“Cursed is the ground of thy sake… thorns and thistles it shall bring thee forth”

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Judgement and punishment (163-208)
of Adam

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“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread”

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Judgement and punishment (163-208)
of Adam

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“Dust thou art and shalt to dust return”

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Judgement and punishment (163-208)
of Adam

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36
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“The instant stroke of death removed far off”

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Jesus comforts Adam and Eve following the judgement (209-228)
in Milton’s voice

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“Pitying how they stood before him… he clad their nakedness with skins of beasts”

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Jesus comforts Adam and Eve following the judgement (209-228)
in Milton’s voice

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“Nor he their outward only… but inward nakedness… with his robes of righteousness”

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Jesus comforts Adam and Eve following the judgement (209-228)
in Milton’s voice

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Sin: “Methinks I feel new strength within me rise”

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Sin and Death feel the change following Satan’s success (229-281)

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Death: “such a scent I draw of carnage, prey innumerable, and taste the savour of death”

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Sin and Death feel the change following Satan’s success (229-281)

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“As when a flock of ravenous fowl… to a field where armies lie encamped, come flying, lured with scent of living carcasses”

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Sin and Death feel the change following Satan’s success (229-281)

42
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“Deep to the roots of hell the gathered beach they fastened”

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Sin and Death build the bridge from Hell to Earth (282-324)

43
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“With pins of adamant and chains they made all fast, too fast they made and durable”

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Sin and Death build the bridge from Hell to Earth (282-324)

44
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“Satan in likeness of an angel bright … disguised he came”

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Satan greets Sin and Death (325-409)

45
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“Great joy was at their meeting”

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Satan greets Sin and Death (325-409)

46
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Sin: “My heart… which by a secret harmony moves with thine, joined in connexion sweet”

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Satan greets Sin and Death (325-409)

47
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“Hell could no longer hold us in her bounds”

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Satan greets Sin and Death (325-409)

48
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“Thine now is all this world”

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Satan greets Sin and Death (325-409)
Sin and death can now go to Earth

49
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“You two this way… right down to paradise descent, there dwell and reign with bliss”

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Satan greets Sin and Death (325-409)
sending them to Earth

50
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“Pandemonium, city and proud seat, of Lucifer”

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Satan returns to Hell (410-459)

51
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“Clad with what permissive glory since his fall was left him”

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Satan returns to Hell (410-459)

52
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“Successful beyond hope”

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Satan addresses his followers (460-503)

53
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“Him by fraud I have seduced”

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Satan addresses his followers (460-503)

54
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“The more to increase your wonder, with an apple”

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Satan addresses his followers (460-503)

55
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“True is, me also he hath judged…. or rather me not but the brute serpent”

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Satan addresses his followers (460-503)

56
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“What remains, ye gods, but up and enter now into full bliss”

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Satan addresses his followers (460-503)

57
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“A dismal universal hiss”

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Punishment of Satan and his followers (504-584)

58
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“Down he fell a monstrous serpent”

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Punishment of Satan and his followers (504-584)

59
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“Punished in the shape he sinned”

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Punishment of Satan and his followers (504-584)

60
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“Hiss for hiss returned, with forked tongue to forked tongue”

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Punishment of Satan and his followers (504-584)

61
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“Parched with scalding thirst and hunger fierce”

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Punishment of Satan and his followers (504-584)

62
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“Greedily they plucked the fruitage fair to sight… instead of fruit chewed bitter ashes”

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Punishment of Satan and his followers (504-584)

63
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“With hateful disrelish writher their jaws with soot and cinders filled”

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Punishment of Satan and his followers (504-584)

64
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“Sin there in power before, once actual, now in body”

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Sin and Death rampage Earth (585-612)

65
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Sin: “On these herbs, and fruits, and flowers feed first, on each beast next, and fish, and fowl”

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Sin and Death rampage Earth (585-612)

66
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“Till I in man… his thoughts, his looks, words, action all infect”

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Sin and Death rampage Earth (585-612)

67
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“And season him thy last and sweetest pray”

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Sin and Death rampage Earth (585-612)

68
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“The folly of man let in these wasteful furies”

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God comments on Sin and Death on Earth (613-648)

69
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“At one sling of thy victorious arm… at last through chaos hurled, obstruct the mouth of hell forever and seal up his ravenous jaws”

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God comments on Sin and Death on Earth (613-648)

70
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“The sun… as might affect the Earth with cold and heat scare tolerable”

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God changes Earth (part of the punishment) 649-714

71
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“Taught the fixed (planets) their influence malignant”

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God changes Earth (part of the punishment) 649-714

72
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“The winds they set their corners when to bluster to confound… the thunder when to roll with terror”

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God changes Earth (part of the punishment) 649-714

73
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“Death introduced through fierce antipathy: Beast now with beast ‘gan war”

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God changes Earth (part of the punishment) 649-714

74
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“hid in the gloomiest shade”

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Adam’s despair (715-862)

75
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“I deserved it”

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Adam’s despair (715-862)

76
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“Did I request thee, maker, from my clay to mould me man?”

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Adam’s despair (715-862)

77
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“Unable to perform thy terms too hard… inexplicable thy justice seems”

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Adam’s despair (715-862)

78
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“Why am I mocked with death, and lengthened out to deathless pain?”

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Adam’s despair (715-862)

79
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“Why should all mankind for one man’s fault thus guiltless be condemned?”

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Adam’s despair (715-862)

80
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“Divided with that bad woman”

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Adam’s despair (715-862)

81
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“Out of my sight, thou serpent”

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Adam blames Eve and women in general (863-908)

82
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“A rib crooked by nature”

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Adam’s despair (715-862)

83
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“But for thee I had persisted happy”

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Adam’s despair (715-862)

84
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“Thy suppliant I beg, and clasp thy knees”

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Eve begs Adam for forgiveness 909-936

85
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“Between us two let there be peace”

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Eve begs Adam for forgiveness 909-936

86
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“Both have sinned, but thou against God only, I against God and thee”

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Eve begs Adam for forgiveness 909-936

87
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“Soon his heart relented towards her”

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Adam forgives Eve 937-965

88
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“Thy frailty and infirmer sex forgiven”

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Adam forgives Eve 937-965

89
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“Let us no longer contend and blame each other…. but strive in offices of love”

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Adam forgives Eve 937-965

90
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“Childless thou art, childless remain: so death shall be deceived his glut”

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Eve suggests that they don’t haven kids and die 966-1006

91
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“Let us seek death, or he not found, supply with our own hands”

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Eve suggests that they don’t haven kids and die 966-1006

92
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“Violence against ourselves… savours only rancour, and pride, impatience and despite, reluctance against God”

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Adam rejects Eve’s idea to remain childless and commit suicide, instead suggesting they carry on and repent (1007-1095)

93
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“Pains only in childbearing… recompensed with joy”

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Adam rejects Eve’s idea to remain childless and commit suicide, instead suggesting they carry on and repent (1007-1095)

94
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“With labour I must earn my bread; what harm; idleness had been worse”

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Adam rejects Eve’s idea to remain childless and commit suicide, instead suggesting they carry on and repent (1007-1095)

95
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“If we pray him, will his ear be open”

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Adam rejects Eve’s idea to remain childless and commit suicide, instead suggesting they carry on and repent (1007-1095)

96
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“Some better warmth to cherish our limbs benumbed… such fire to use”

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Adam rejects Eve’s idea to remain childless and commit suicide, instead suggesting they carry on and repent (1007-1095)

97
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“Prostrate fall before him reverent, and there confess humbly our faults, and pardon beg”

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Adam rejects Eve’s idea to remain childless and commit suicide, instead suggesting they carry on and repent (1007-1095)

98
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“Sorrow unfeigned and humiliation meek”

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Adam rejects Eve’s idea to remain childless and commit suicide, instead suggesting they carry on and repent (1007-1095)

99
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“Prostrate fell before him reverent, and both confessed humbly their faults, and pardon begged”

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Adam and Eve repent (1096-End)

100
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“With tears watering the ground”

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Adam and Eve repent (1096-End)

101
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“Sent from hearts contrite”

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Adam and Eve repent (1096-End)

102
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“Of sorrow unfeigned and humiliation meek”

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Adam and Eve repent (1096-End)

English Lit A Level - Paradise Lost (4 decks)

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