Paradise Lost Quotes Flashcards
Satan: “So spake …
“So spake the enemy of mankind”
Satan’s arrogance: “better …
“better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven”
Satan Persuasion: “He spake …
“He spake: and to confirm his words, out-flew / Millions of flaming swords”
Satan: “He …
“Hellish”
Satan’s Manipulation: “lure …
“lure her eye”
Satan: “ple …
“pleasing […] shape”
Satan: “med …
“meditated guile” + “dark intent”
Eve: “perv …
“perverted Eve”
Eve defending Satan: “hadst thou been …
“hadst thou been there, / Or here th’attempt, thou couldst not have discerned / Fraud in the serpent”
Eve: “des …
“despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss”
Eve: “im …
“immortal Eve”
Eve: “sov …
“sovereign mistress” + “Queen
Eve: “she shall …
“she shall be called women, because she was taken out of man”
Adam: “pat ….
“patriarch of mankind”
Adam’s Uxoriousness: “How …
“How can I live without thee?”
Adam: “amazed …
“amazed, / Astonied stood and blank”
Adam: “exempt …
“exempt from wound” + “heroic built”
Adam: “high …
“higher intellectual”
Adam to Eve: “Sole …
“Sole Eve, associate sole”
Eve to Adam: “How little …
“How little weight my word with thee can find”
Eve to Adam: “Offspring …
“Offspring of Heaven and Earth, and all Earth’s lord”
Adam + Eve: “One …
“One flesh, one heart, one soul”
Adam + Eve: “unfeigned …
“unfeigned / Union of mind”
Adam + Eve: “inferior …
“inferior in the mind / And inward faculties”
