Paradise Lost- John Milton Flashcards
Book 9 starts in
Media res- middle of the action
Eves aim
The rather desirous to make a trail of her strength
Satan is bent on
Mans destruction
Dayan went round the world 3 times in
7 consecutive nights- subversion of create
Satan thinks about earth
More justly seat worthier of gods, as built on second thoughts
Satin wants female. Interaction
The most I see pleasure around me, so much more I feel torment within me
Why is satan like lodovico
Because both bang on about their banishment
Satan say in theme of revenge
But what will not ambition and revenge descend to?
Natural imagery of Ivey, rose, and myrtle
Means evergreen, love, and faithfulness subversion what is eve surrounded by when pursuaded by satan
Eves argument about super
That super comes unearnt
Unlinked hands quote from Milton
Thus saying from her husbands hand her hand soft withdrew
Fragrance imagery
Vieleding cloud of fragrance- sensory imagery to describe eve olfactory image
Why did Milton he other senses
As he was blind
What means love bring out the worst in each other
Floe a deux
Satan felt .. When looking at eve
Stupidly good
Satan an intellect
Whose higher intellect more I shun- about eve
Terror means awe
There is terror in love and beauty
Description of satan
Circular base of rising folds, his head crest aloft and his carbuncle eyes
Line 510
Acrostic spelling satin showing he is core of the poem
Satan shows a … Expression
Gentle dumb expression- link to flam being dumb for status
Flattery from satan
Goddess among gods, adored
How satan sets up idea link to dream
I chanced a goodly tree for distant to behold loaded fruit
Shouldn’t worship anyone but god
Worship thee of right desired declared sovereign of creatures
Hell imagery
Kindled through ignition to a flame
What tree described as
The tree of prohibition the root of all our woe
Reason in our…
Law
Reaching higher status satan has. Link to flam
I have attained than fate meant me’ by reaching higher than my lot
Eve claims forbidding…
Forbidding condemns me more
Syntactic parrellelation
The earth felt the wound
Satan refers to god and angels
The great forbidder, angels are spies
Eves reason for telling Adam
Fear of being ‘wedded to another eve’
Choicest flowers a garland to adorn her tresses
Subversion as hero usually returns with flowers
What the symbol of the fall
His slack hand the garland wreath for eve
Subversion of marriage ceremony
In bliss or woe
Adam claims he will eat fruit because
To loose thee to lose myself
Eve thinks only positive to come out of this
This happy trial of my love, which else so eminently never been known
Line 999 flip is 666 when Adam eats fruit …
Fondly overcome with female charm- which is the real fall
Sin .. Lust talk
; in lust they burn
Now let’s play
Contagious fire, seized
Satan now degraded to
A false worm
What does satan have that is counterfeit
Counterfeit mans voice
Adam replied
Incensed- in fire
Women are weak
She first his weak indulgence accuse
William Blake thought
Milton was the devils party without knowing it
William Blake thought about the creature created
The most disturbing and powerful rendition of the archetypal villain
William Blake about literature
Every work of literature portables somewhat of the age that produced it
William Blake said we could see satan in ourselves
Satan as a hero only if we deny is social and political status, cut him out of context, view him as part of ourselves- our id
William Blake emotions supposed to create
Satan wished to produce wonder and anger
Percy s Shelley
Nothing can exceed the energy and magnificence of the character satan, it’s a mistake to say personification of evil
Francis blessing ton
We must read paradise lost in the way that Milton read the bible, symbolically
Eves language now became sexual
Opener, dilated, growing, tasting
Adam was…
Speechless when he found out which is ironic
