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Page ix
... Fall . My final essay , on the style , is the least limited in scope : partly because it is the most ambitious , and partly because it has the advantage of everything learned from the preceding studies . For instance , in that essay ...
... Fall . My final essay , on the style , is the least limited in scope : partly because it is the most ambitious , and partly because it has the advantage of everything learned from the preceding studies . For instance , in that essay ...
Page xi
... SATAN page 3 THE WAR IN HEAVEN page 17 A NOTE ON HELL page 38 THE GARDEN page 52 THE FALL page 75 ANSWERABLE STYLE page 119 NOTES page 163 INDEX page 165 This page intentionally left blank answerable style This page intentionally CONTENTS.
... SATAN page 3 THE WAR IN HEAVEN page 17 A NOTE ON HELL page 38 THE GARDEN page 52 THE FALL page 75 ANSWERABLE STYLE page 119 NOTES page 163 INDEX page 165 This page intentionally left blank answerable style This page intentionally CONTENTS.
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... fall is in the name of liberty , and against the name of tyranny . His remorse , pity , tears all pay homage to good , but are perverted . If we do not give Satan his due , we can- not understand the nature of his evil . As Milton ...
... fall is in the name of liberty , and against the name of tyranny . His remorse , pity , tears all pay homage to good , but are perverted . If we do not give Satan his due , we can- not understand the nature of his evil . As Milton ...
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... fall again , more heavily . And so he touches the root of his despair , and sees through to the unchanging quality of his fatal flaw . But Satan's vision of himself is not steady . When he pulls back from the desperate realization of ...
... fall again , more heavily . And so he touches the root of his despair , and sees through to the unchanging quality of his fatal flaw . But Satan's vision of himself is not steady . When he pulls back from the desperate realization of ...
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... falls into another fit of despair at the beauty of man's earth . But he comes to terms with his destiny and thinks once more as a leader , though this time he emphasizes the fruits of responsibility : To mee shall be the glorie sole ...
... falls into another fit of despair at the beauty of man's earth . But he comes to terms with his destiny and thinks once more as a leader , though this time he emphasizes the fruits of responsibility : To mee shall be the glorie sole ...
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Abdiel accepted action Adam and Eve Adam's angels answerable style archetype argument beauty Beelzebub Belial's burning lake C. S. Lewis commentary complete concept conflict consciousness context created creation creature critical Death demonstration dignity discipline dramatic earth echo elevation epic epic simile Eve's evil expression external F. R. Leavis fall fallen feelings final flesh followers formal freedom Garden God's harmony heaven hell human Idea illusion imitation immediate individual intellect internal irony kind knowledge leader man's material matter meaning ment metaphor Milton Milton's style mind moral myth nature Pandemonium Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pattern of sound perhaps perspective physical Plotinus poem poet poetry problem pure Raphael reason rebels relationship responsibility rhythm ridicule Satan Satan and Adam seems self-knowledge self-love sense sensuous soul speech spirit symbolic T. S. Eliot thee things thir thou tion true upward violation vision whole words