U7 L4 Paradise Lost: Book I Flashcards
What was the state Milton was in when he wrote Paradise Lost?
blind
What kind of poem is Paradise Lost?
epic poem
What are the settings of Paradise Lost?
Heaven, earth, and hell
What are the epic deeds in Paradise Lost?
- angels’ war in heaven
- Christ’s Creation of earth, submission to Crucifixion
- Adam’s acceptance of future outside Eden
Does Paradise Lost rhyme?
no
What conventions in Paradise Lost prove it is an epic?
- opens with epic theme (justify ways of God to men)
- invocations to Muses
- opens in media res
- catalogs of warriors
- epic similes
How many books is Paradise Lost divided into?
12
What does invocation mean?
- calling for help
- legal enforcement
What does Paradise Lost discuss?
- man’s free will to disobey God or use moral strength to obey God
- comforts man, emphasizing Christ’s mercy and God’s justice
- ‘Justify the ways of God to Men’
Book I and II: what is the setting?
hell
Book I and II: what led Satan to defy God?
ambition and pride
Book I and II: In Satan’s journey, what will help him reach earth?
- Sin
- Death
- Chaos
Book I and II: When Satan defied God, he and his forces were driven down to what?
Lake of Fire
Book I and II: The devils debate on what?
to fight openly or use cunning
Book III: what is the settting?
Heaven
Book III: God emphasizes that He had to create Adam with what? Why?
- free will
- loyalty will be voluntary
Book III: God’s justice requires that what needs to be sacrificed to save humanity?
life
Book III: Who volunteered to sacrifice himself?
Christ
Books IV and V: Who does Adam ask to tell him about heavenly things? What is he then told?
- Raphael
- story of fall of angels
What book describes the Creation of earth?
VII
What book is the telling of Adam and Eve’s creation?
VIII
What does Book VI and VIII continue?
Raphael’s story
Book IX: What does Satan convince Eve to do? How does Adam react?
- eat fruit of forbidden tree
- despairs, eats fruit to share consequences
Books XI and XII: who comforts and instructs Adam before turning him out of Eden with Eve?
Michael
What does the ‘one just man’ prevent?
God from destroying mankind
Who were the ones who become types of Christ?
- Adam
- Enoch
- Noah
- Abraham
What does Satan vow?
bring evil out of God’s good
Why did Adam and Eve disobey God?
seduced by Satan
The Muse that will inspire Milton also inspired who?
Moses to teach the Creation of earth
