Plot Flashcards
Milton’s Invocation
Turns to A and E’s disobedience
Foul Distrtust breach disloyal
Tragic tone
Notes to tragic
Calls upon Christian Muse
My celestial patroness
Christian hero > Classical epic hero
More heroic than the wrath of Achilles
Of patience and martyrdom
Media Res
Satan’s metamorphosis, return and lament
Returns to Heaven
Rising Mist
Satan chooses what animal to pick
Serpent subtlest beast
Fittest imp of fraud
Witness the beauty of earth but laments he cannot enjoy it
O Earth
Degradation of Satan: His vengeful intentions
Mediated fraud and malice … Bent on man’s destruction
Degradation of Satan: Critiques hierarchy of God
Angels subject to his service wings
Flaming ministers watch and tend
Satan laments how low he has fallen
Highest of Gods —> Bestial slime
Resentment of Adam
Sin of despite
Separation scene
Eve suggests they should part and do their own works to tend the garden
Initiates the convo
Let us divide out labours
Adam disagrees as they are more susceptible to to temptation
Sole Eve, Associate sole
Safest and Seemliest by her husband
God left the free will
Eve argues her case - Cannot be truly virtuous if not tested
How are we happy if still in fear of harm
Adam concedes and they separate (Milton’s authorial intervention occurs)
Soft she withdrew
Satan’s flattery
S finds E alone
S = Populous pent
Fairest flower unsupported
Moment of hesitation due to her beauty
Her graceful innocence VS his malice
Returns back to his intentions
Stupidly good … guile, hate, envy, revenge
Stronger hate, Hate stronger
Hot hell that burns inside him
Initiates Flattery, E is curious thus shows her to the tree
Sovereign mistress
Goddess amongst gods
Old orator renowned
Guileful tempter
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)
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
THE FALL: CLIMAX
She proceeds to eat the apple
Rash hand in evil hour
She plucked she ate
Greedily engorged
Physical transition of Prelapsarian to postlapsarian
Earth felt the wound
Sighing
Eve’s first thought is whether to tell Adam or not: Intend that should both be equal
For inferior, who is free
Adam is in shock and disbelief
Garland wreathed for Eve down dropped
Adam’s love for Eve is superior to God’s and proceed to have sex after eating the fruit
He scrupled not to eat
carnal desire inflaming
lascivious eyes, lust they burn
Wake up the next morning, Argue and Depart (End of Book 9)
Good, shamed, Naked, miserable
BOOK 10: Back to Heaven
Atmosphere
Dim sadness
Angelic guards were very cautious and fly up to know how Satan sneaked in; God mentions how it is not their fault
No righteous plea
Utmost vigilance
No decree of mine to necessitate his fall
God sends down Jesus
Justice with mercy
A+E’s punishment
The Son calls upon A + E but they are hiding
Shame perturbation despair
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
O Heaven!
Her doing seemed to justify the deed
Son rebukes Adam telling him off for putting Eve above God
Thy Love, Not Thy subjection
Resign thy manhood
The Son proceeds to ask Eve of the matter and responds with the serpent having tricked her
Serpent beguiled me
A+E’s Punishment but the Son also gives them animal skin to hide their body
E: Her seed shall be bruised
A: Eat the herb of the field
Sin and Death (Daughter and Son of Satan)
Sin and Death get the feeling Satan has succeeded so build a bridge from Pandemonium to Earth to corrupt and prey on humans
Let us try out adventurous work
Fenceless world forfeit to death
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
Likeness of an angel - S
Magnific deeds … Trophies
Antagonist of Heaven’s almighty King
Satan and His follower’s punishment
Satan sneaks into Pandemonium
Ascended his high throne
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
Voyaged the unreal
With an apple
Public scorn
Universal his triumph to shame
Punished in the shape he sinned
Back to Sin and Death on Earth ready to corrupt
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
Hellish Pair
Dogs of Hell
Waste and Havoc
Physical Alteration of the World as a result of A+E’s actions and the arrival of Sin and Death
Weather changes, Earth changes, Arrival of Discord
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
Redemption and Forgiveness (BOOK 10)
Adam is resentful of Eve wishing she had never been created - Misogyny
All but rib
Crooked by nature
Eve weeps and falls to A’s feet pleading for forgiveness - Wishes all punishment to be on her
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
Strive in the office of Love
Destructing with destructed to joy
The seed shall bruise the serpent
