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Plot Flashcards

1
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Milton’s Invocation

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Turns to A and E’s disobedience

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Foul Distrtust breach disloyal

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Tragic tone

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Notes to tragic

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Calls upon Christian Muse

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My celestial patroness

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Christian hero > Classical epic hero

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More heroic than the wrath of Achilles
Of patience and martyrdom

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Media Res

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Satan’s metamorphosis, return and lament

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Returns to Heaven

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Rising Mist

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Satan chooses what animal to pick

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Serpent subtlest beast
Fittest imp of fraud

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Witness the beauty of earth but laments he cannot enjoy it

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O Earth

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Degradation of Satan: His vengeful intentions

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Mediated fraud and malice … Bent on man’s destruction

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Degradation of Satan: Critiques hierarchy of God

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Angels subject to his service wings
Flaming ministers watch and tend

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Satan laments how low he has fallen

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Highest of Gods —> Bestial slime

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Resentment of Adam

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Sin of despite

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Separation scene

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Eve suggests they should part and do their own works to tend the garden

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Initiates the convo
Let us divide out labours

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Adam disagrees as they are more susceptible to to temptation

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Sole Eve, Associate sole
Safest and Seemliest by her husband
God left the free will

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Eve argues her case - Cannot be truly virtuous if not tested

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How are we happy if still in fear of harm

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19
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Adam concedes and they separate (Milton’s authorial intervention occurs)

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Soft she withdrew

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Satan’s flattery

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21
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S finds E alone

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S = Populous pent
Fairest flower unsupported

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22
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Moment of hesitation due to her beauty

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Her graceful innocence VS his malice

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23
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Returns back to his intentions

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Stupidly good … guile, hate, envy, revenge
Stronger hate, Hate stronger
Hot hell that burns inside him

24
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Initiates Flattery, E is curious thus shows her to the tree

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Sovereign mistress
Goddess amongst gods
Old orator renowned
Guileful tempter

25
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Although E knows its forbidden, Satan attempts to persuade her as
A. He is still Alive
B. God would not punish her
C. E would become a goddess (God is preventing her)

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Our law is our Reason - E
A. Rigid threat of death
B. Go therefore cannot hurt ye
C. Why but to keep ye low and ignorant

26
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THE FALL: CLIMAX

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27
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She proceeds to eat the apple

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Rash hand in evil hour
She plucked she ate
Greedily engorged

28
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Physical transition of Prelapsarian to postlapsarian

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Earth felt the wound
Sighing

29
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Eve’s first thought is whether to tell Adam or not: Intend that should both be equal

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For inferior, who is free

30
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Adam is in shock and disbelief

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Garland wreathed for Eve down dropped

31
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Adam’s love for Eve is superior to God’s and proceed to have sex after eating the fruit

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He scrupled not to eat
carnal desire inflaming
lascivious eyes, lust they burn

32
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Wake up the next morning, Argue and Depart (End of Book 9)

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Good, shamed, Naked, miserable

33
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BOOK 10: Back to Heaven

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34
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Atmosphere

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Dim sadness

35
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Angelic guards were very cautious and fly up to know how Satan sneaked in; God mentions how it is not their fault

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No righteous plea
Utmost vigilance
No decree of mine to necessitate his fall

36
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God sends down Jesus

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Justice with mercy

37
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A+E’s punishment

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38
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The Son calls upon A + E but they are hiding

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Shame perturbation despair

39
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After being called a second time, the Son asks A if he ate the fruit. Proceeds to blame Eve and says he could not suspect her of sinning as she came from A’s ribs

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O Heaven!
Her doing seemed to justify the deed

40
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Son rebukes Adam telling him off for putting Eve above God

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Thy Love, Not Thy subjection
Resign thy manhood

41
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The Son proceeds to ask Eve of the matter and responds with the serpent having tricked her

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Serpent beguiled me

42
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A+E’s Punishment but the Son also gives them animal skin to hide their body

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E: Her seed shall be bruised
A: Eat the herb of the field

43
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Sin and Death (Daughter and Son of Satan)

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44
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Sin and Death get the feeling Satan has succeeded so build a bridge from Pandemonium to Earth to corrupt and prey on humans

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Let us try out adventurous work
Fenceless world forfeit to death

45
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Satan greets them on the edge of Paradise and Sin glorifies her father whilst death mentions he will make the world his, Satan acknowledges his name thus are both sent to Earth to corrupt

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Likeness of an angel - S
Magnific deeds … Trophies
Antagonist of Heaven’s almighty King

46
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Satan and His follower’s punishment

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47
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Satan sneaks into Pandemonium

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Ascended his high throne

48
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Satan becomes a political figure and a parody of God announcing his trials and tribulations of succeeding but after anticipating to hear praise and clapping, they all turn to snakes and a Tree of Knowledge grew, fi tried to eat = Ashes

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Voyaged the unreal
With an apple

Public scorn
Universal his triumph to shame
Punished in the shape he sinned

49
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Back to Sin and Death on Earth ready to corrupt

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50
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Description of Sin and Death and How God laments at them ruining his creation and promises they will be cast back to hell on judgement day

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Hellish Pair
Dogs of Hell
Waste and Havoc

51
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Physical Alteration of the World as a result of A+E’s actions and the arrival of Sin and Death

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52
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Weather changes, Earth changes, Arrival of Discord

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North to call decrepit winter
South to call Solstitial Summer’s heat
Planetary motion
Seasons to each clime
Discord first: Beast with beast, Foul with foul

53
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Redemption and Forgiveness (BOOK 10)

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54
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Adam is resentful of Eve wishing she had never been created - Misogyny

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All but rib
Crooked by nature

55
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Eve weeps and falls to A’s feet pleading for forgiveness - Wishes all punishment to be on her

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56
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Adam is moved and forgives her and suggest they should stop fighting to lessen their misery - Eve suggests they kill the selves to prevent going onto their offspring but Adam prevents her

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Strive in the office of Love
Destructing with destructed to joy
The seed shall bruise the serpent

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