Milton's Epic Voice: The Narrator in Paradise Lost |
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... Raphael , as well as the future history told to Adam by Michael in Book XII , differ in style from the nar- rator's manner chiefly in their avoidance of extended similes . The angel Raphael is an interpreter who , like the poem's ...
... Raphael , as well as the future history told to Adam by Michael in Book XII , differ in style from the nar- rator's manner chiefly in their avoidance of extended similes . The angel Raphael is an interpreter who , like the poem's ...
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... Raphael's similes : Eve's blushes are like the rosiness of dawn ( VIII , 511 ) . If Raphael's intention in using these similes is simply to aid Adam's understanding , Milton's reasons for assigning pastoral images to the angel are more ...
... Raphael's similes : Eve's blushes are like the rosiness of dawn ( VIII , 511 ) . If Raphael's intention in using these similes is simply to aid Adam's understanding , Milton's reasons for assigning pastoral images to the angel are more ...
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... Raphael's audi- ence , unfallen Adam , and Milton's readers , whom his nar- rator addresses as fallen mankind . The most immediately obvious qualities of the similes spoken by the narrative voice in Paradise Lost are their rich- ness ...
... Raphael's audi- ence , unfallen Adam , and Milton's readers , whom his nar- rator addresses as fallen mankind . The most immediately obvious qualities of the similes spoken by the narrative voice in Paradise Lost are their rich- ness ...
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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 Death 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 interpretation invocation language of statement 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 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