Milton's 'Paradise Lost.' |
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Page 155
... story ( and I agree that the success of the story is the criterion ) we must first understand and for the time being accept them . The story starts in Book IV with our introduction to Paradise and its inhabitants in their original state ...
... story ( and I agree that the success of the story is the criterion ) we must first understand and for the time being accept them . The story starts in Book IV with our introduction to Paradise and its inhabitants in their original state ...
Page 159
... story in which they are enacted . As soon as he has introduced us to Adam and Eve in Paradise Milton prepares the way , with a story - teller's prudence , for the climax of the Fall . The state of innocence in Paradise cannot of itself ...
... story in which they are enacted . As soon as he has introduced us to Adam and Eve in Paradise Milton prepares the way , with a story - teller's prudence , for the climax of the Fall . The state of innocence in Paradise cannot of itself ...
Page 206
... story . Yet it remains a rule of narrative art that the individualism of characters should not be developed beyond the needs of the story ; characters are there to act out the story and its meaning , not just to be their idiosyncratic ...
... story . Yet it remains a rule of narrative art that the individualism of characters should not be developed beyond the needs of the story ; characters are there to act out the story and its meaning , not just to be their idiosyncratic ...
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accepted action Adam and Eve Adam's angels appear argument become beginning better Book called century character comes common course created creation criticism Death describing doctrine Earth effect English epic evil example expressed fact Fall Father feel figure follows fruit God's hand Heaven Hell heroic human ideas images imagination knowledge language Latin less light lines live look means MICHIGAN Milton mind narrative nature never once opening original Paradise Lost passage peace person picture poem poet poetic poetry presented question reader reason relation represent Satan says scene seen sense sight simile stand story style tells thee things thir thou thought tion told true truth UNIVERSITY verse whole wind write