Paradise Lost: Hierarchy and Order

Question 1

‘Was ____ thy ____ that her thou didst ______ before his _______’

Answer 1

‘Was she thy God that her thou didst obey before his voice’

• The authority of God and his laws above humanity

Question 2

‘_______ thy _____, for _____ thou ____ and shalt to _____ return’

Answer 2

‘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

Question 3

‘The __________, ____________ and _________ of every _______ consists in _________ its __________ superior and ________ its _________ inferiors’

Answer 3

‘The goodness, happiness, and dignity of every being consists in obeying its natural superior and ruling its natural inferiors’

C.S Lewis

Question 4

‘However _______ Satan’s _____ may be, it is ______ _____ too’

Answer 4

‘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

Question 5

‘I called and _____ them thither, my _____-_______’

Answer 5

‘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

Question 6

‘Let in these _________ furies who impute _____ to me!’

Answer 6

‘Let in these wasteful furies who impute folly to me!’

• Mans foolishness is a reflection onto God
• Man makes God also look foolish

Answer 7

‘Milton ascribes justice and victory to the almighty’

Francois-Rene