paradise lost mock quotations Flashcards

1
Q

end of Book 1

A

the great consult began

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2
Q

start of book 2

A

high on a throne of royal estate

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3
Q

what ties angels to lake

A

adamantine chains

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4
Q

angels at start are

A

rolling in the fiery gulf

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5
Q

in heaven they must sing

A

forced hallelujahs

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6
Q

hell is a place ‘where

A

where peace and rest can never dwell

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7
Q

list describing hell

A

rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens and shades of death/ A Universe of death

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8
Q

gates of hell opening

A

every bolt and bar of massy iron or solid rock with ease unfastens

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9
Q

chaos in two phrases

A

eternal anarchy

endless wars

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10
Q

Satan pathetically trying to fly in chaos

A

flutt’ring his pennons vain

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11
Q

blank! blank! blank!

A

Princes! Potentates! Warriors!

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12
Q

ending line of speech convincing chaos

A

yours be th’advantage all, mine the revenge

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13
Q

idea of futility in war with heaven (book 1)

2 x 2 word phrases

A

impious war

vain attempt

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14
Q

three ways Belial describes heaven

A

impregnable
incorruptible
unpolluted

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15
Q

what is Belial arguing for

A

peaceful sloath not peace

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16
Q

Belial’s rhetoric is sweet

A

all was false and hollow though his tongue/ dropped manna

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17
Q

Moloch’s contorting proposition

A

turning our tortures into horrid arms/ Against the torturer

18
Q

what did man’s first disobedience do

A

brought death into the world and all our woe

19
Q

Satan being provoked by two deadly sins (ish)

A

stirred up with envy and revenge

20
Q

Satan as relentless yet futile actions (book 2)

A

insatiable to pursue/ Vain warr

21
Q

the three things Mammon wants out of the ground

A

hidden lustre, gemms and gold

22
Q

to make pandemonium, what was opened and what was taken out (x2 quotes)

A

spacious wound

ribs of gold

23
Q

humans being greedy little defiling shits

A

with impious hands rifled the bowels of their mother earth

24
Q

when we first see sin

A

woman to the waist and fair/ but ended foul in many a scaly fold

25
Q

what sin says the hounds do to her

A

howl and knaw my bowels

26
Q

Sin pointing out that Satan is a narcissist

A

thyself in me thy perfect image viewing becam’st enamoured

27
Q

two classical features of pandemonium

A

Doric pillars

golden architrave

28
Q

Satan’s stubborn mind

A

a mind not to be changed by place or time

29
Q

Satan never giving up

A

courage never to submit or yield

30
Q

militaristic epithet for Satan

A

great commander

31
Q

eastern epithet for Satan

A

great sultan

32
Q

truthful epithet for Satan

A

Th’infernal serpent

33
Q

militaristic epithet for God

A

the conqueror

34
Q

false idea of the autocratic ruling of heaven

A

tyranny of Heav’n

35
Q

Satan before death

A

Satan stood/ unterrified and like a comet burned

36
Q

mythological creature used to describe Satan’s size

A

that sea-beast leviathan

37
Q

where’s Satan put his shield

A

behind him cast

38
Q

angels like a classical army looking all pretty

A

they move in perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood

39
Q

angels making a ton of noise now

A

clashed on their sounding shields the din of war

40
Q

all angels’ thoughts and creations whilst Satan is away are

A

vain wisdom all and false philosophy