Paradise Lost: Hierarchy and Order Flashcards
‘Was ____ thy ____ that her thou didst ______ before his _______’
‘Was she thy God that her thou didst obey before his voice’
- The authority of God and his laws above humanity
‘_______ thy _____, for _____ thou ____ and shalt to _____ return’
‘Know thy birth, For dust thou art and shalt to dust return’
- Reminder of Adams mortality/the authority of God
- Adam was merely dust before God breathed life into him
- Can be returned to dust if he continues to sin
‘The __________, ____________ and _________ of every _______ consists in _________ its __________ superior and ________ its _________ inferiors’
‘The goodness, happiness, and dignity of every being consists in obeying its natural superior and ruling its natural inferiors’
C.S Lewis
‘However _______ Satan’s _____ may be, it is ______ _____ too’
‘However wicked Satan’s plan may be, it is God’s plan too’
William Empson
- God is omniscient, aware of Satan’s plan/its result, yet did not intervene
‘I called and _____ them thither, my _____-_______’
‘I called and drew them thither, my hell-hounds’
- Reference to sin + death’s trespass into heaven
- God’s attempt to assert his control/make it seem as if he is in control
‘Let in these _________ furies who impute _____ to me!’
‘Let in these wasteful furies who impute folly to me!’
- Mans foolishness is a reflection onto God
- Man makes God also look foolish
‘Milton ascribes justice and victory to the almighty’
Francois-Rene