Milton's Paradise LostAn approach to the poem - Satan and Hell - Heaven - Earth - The critics_ |
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action Adam and Eve Adam's angels appropriate argued argument beauty becomes Book century certainly character Christ claim classical compared comparison complex contrast corruption course created creation Critics darkness Death described destruction detail develop devils Earth eating effect Eliot emphasized epic Eve's evil expressed eyes fact Fall fallen finally follow fruit further garden give glory God's hand happiness Heaven Hell hero heroic heroism human idea imagery innocence insist interest knowledge language leave Lewis light Lives look man's meaning merely metaphorical Milton mind moral narrative nature never objections offer Paradise Lost parody passage pattern perfection poem Poets presented produce questions Raphael reader reading reason reminds result rhetoric richness Satan says scheme seems seen sense serpent shows similes speech style suggests tells things thir traditional tragic tree universe verse whole