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... epic . Milton had originally planned to use King Arthur as the subject of a poem that would glorify England as ... EPIC : An epic poem is a narrative poem of considerable length which tells a story of great importance . Its theme should ...
... epic . Milton had originally planned to use King Arthur as the subject of a poem that would glorify England as ... EPIC : An epic poem is a narrative poem of considerable length which tells a story of great importance . Its theme should ...
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... epic con- vention . Homer's Iliad , the first great epic , begins with a request to the Muse to sing of the wrath of Achilles . Furthermore , Milton , in the beginning of his poem , states his subject— " man's first dis- obedience " and ...
... epic con- vention . Homer's Iliad , the first great epic , begins with a request to the Muse to sing of the wrath of Achilles . Furthermore , Milton , in the beginning of his poem , states his subject— " man's first dis- obedience " and ...
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... epic poetry , " according to the criteria set up by Aristotle in his Poetics . He concluded that Milton's epic consisted of one entire action , comprising a beginning , middle , and end , " contrived in hell , executed upon earth , and ...
... epic poetry , " according to the criteria set up by Aristotle in his Poetics . He concluded that Milton's epic consisted of one entire action , comprising a beginning , middle , and end , " contrived in hell , executed upon earth , and ...
Contents
JOHN MILTON | 5 |
three MILTONS MAJOR WORKS | 15 |
four PARADISE LOST | 26 |
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Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam says Adam's Aeneid asks battle beasts beautiful become Beelzebub beginning of Book blame blind Chaos choose Christ comes Comus created creatures Dagon danger Death defeat destroy devils E. M. W. Tillyard Earth eat the fruit Eliot end of Book envy epic eternal Eve's evil F. R. Leavis fall fallen angels Father fool forces Gabriel Garden gates glory God's grace Greek happy Harapha hate Heaven heavenly Hell Holy Trinity host human innocence John Milton King knowledge L'Allegro Lines live looks Lycidas means Messiah Michael Milton nature obedience offer pain Paradise Lost PARADISE LOST-BOOK Paradise Regained peace poem poet poetry praise punishment Puritan Raphael reader rebel Renaissance repent replies rest Samson Agonistes Satan serpent shows soliloquy sonnets speak speech suffer tells temptation tempted things thought throne told tree true truth ugly Uriel virtue words