ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Paradise Lost divide the universe in
A
two realms:the heavenly and the terrestrial
B
three realms:the heavenly, the terrestrial and hell
C
four realms the heavenly, the terrestrial, hell and chaos
D
five realms:the heavenly, the terrestial, hell, chaos and the supernatural
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -setting: Heaven, Hell, the Firmament (chaos), and Earth.

Detailed explanation-2: -“A mind not to be changed by place or time. Can make a heav’n of hell, a hell of heav’n.” 2. “Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”.

Detailed explanation-3: -The best well-known work of John Milton (1608-1674), Paradise Lost. A Poem in Ten Books, was first published in London in 1667. In 1674, a new edition was published with some amendments and was divided into the twelve books we are most familiar with now.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hell in Paradise Lost is the antithesis of Heaven. In a sense, Hell is an ironic parody of Heaven. Hell for Milton is literally the underworld. Heaven is the zenith of the universe, then there is the great gulf of Chaos and Night, and finally, at the bottom, underneath everything, is Hell.

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