Milton's Epic Voice: The Narrator in Paradise Lost |
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... characters in the poem be- cause these passages have seemed to be the most dramatic both in the simple sense that ... characters in- volved in events located in some identified time and place , but unlike a play , an epic must have some ...
... characters in the poem be- cause these passages have seemed to be the most dramatic both in the simple sense that ... characters in- volved in events located in some identified time and place , but unlike a play , an epic must have some ...
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The Narrator in Paradise Lost Anne Ferry. who tells the story , observes the characters , identifies the time , and describes the place . The epic is in one sense " about " the story of its characters , but that story is always presented ...
The Narrator in Paradise Lost Anne Ferry. who tells the story , observes the characters , identifies the time , and describes the place . The epic is in one sense " about " the story of its characters , but that story is always presented ...
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... character's words or acts . Our tendency to read Paradise Lost as if it were a dramatic work , ignoring the omnipresence of the narrator , has not only encouraged us to seek the poem's meaning in our direct response to characters . It ...
... character's words or acts . Our tendency to read Paradise Lost as if it were a dramatic work , ignoring the omnipresence of the narrator , has not only encouraged us to seek the poem's meaning in our direct response to characters . It ...
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abstract meanings Adam and Eve Adam's Fall Adam's story adjective allegory allusions angels Areopagitica argument asso associated beauty bird blind bard characters circle comparisons concrete and abstract contrast created creation critical darkness described device diction divine dramatic Earth elaborate epic introductions Eve's evoke experience express extended similes fables Faerie Queene fallen reader fallen world familiar feel Fortunate Fall God's guage Heaven Hell heroic illumination illustrate images inner light innocence inspired narrator interpretation invocation lines loss Lycidas Milton's epic mortal vision narrative voice narrator's nature noun Paradise Lost particular passage pastoral poetry pattern physical poet poetry qualities Raphael rator reality recognize references reminds sacred metaphors Samson Agonistes Satan scene sense shades shape share song speaker speech Spenser's story structure style syntax thee thir thou throughout the poem tion tone tradition true pastoral world truth unfallen unique unity vision words