John Milton, Paradise Lost: An Analysis of HellSeminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3 (A), Ruhr-University of Bochum (Anglistics Seminar), 9 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This book deals with hell in Milton's "Paradise Lost" in three respects: Hell as a place or outer state, hell as an inner state and hell as it is transferred to earth. Additionally, the introduction gives a short outline of the European concept of hell before and during the 17th century. |
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... morals: Die Hölle wird in den großen Heilsplan der Menschen eingefügt und wird zu einem bedeutenden Rad im moralischen Triebwerk. Ihr Gebiet jedoch verkleinert sich, und die Grenze ist fortan klar erkenntlich: Es ist der Tod, eine ...
... morals: Die Hölle wird in den großen Heilsplan der Menschen eingefügt und wird zu einem bedeutenden Rad im moralischen Triebwerk. Ihr Gebiet jedoch verkleinert sich, und die Grenze ist fortan klar erkenntlich: Es ist der Tod, eine ...
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... moral sense. Therefore the words "height" and "depth" convey two meanings, a local and a moral one: "into what pit thou seest / From what highth fall'n" (Milton, p. 11), "headlong themselves they threw / Down from the verge of heav'n ...
... moral sense. Therefore the words "height" and "depth" convey two meanings, a local and a moral one: "into what pit thou seest / From what highth fall'n" (Milton, p. 11), "headlong themselves they threw / Down from the verge of heav'n ...
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