Paradise Lost: Hierarchy and Order Flashcards

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

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

  • The authority of God and his laws above humanity
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‘_______ thy _____, for _____ thou ____ and shalt to _____ return’

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

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

C.S Lewis

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

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

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

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

  • Mans foolishness is a reflection onto God
  • Man makes God also look foolish
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‘Milton ascribes justice and victory to the almighty’

Francois-Rene

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