LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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an epic 1
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a satirical work
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a tragedy
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a ballad
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Detailed explanation-1: -Paradise Lost is an epic poem (12 books, totalling more than 10, 500 lines) written in blank verse, telling the biblical tale of the Fall of Mankind – the moment when Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, and God banished them from the Garden of Eden forever.
Detailed explanation-2: -The most important duty of an epic poet is to select a moral to illustrate and establish. In the Paradise Lost Milton has chosen his theme to establish a moral. This moral is ‘To justify the ways of God to men. ‘ Thus the Paradise Lost fulfils the first and the most important condition of an epic.
Detailed explanation-3: -His Paradise Lost is a product of renaissance enthusiasm. Though it is a secondary epic, it contains all the characteristics of a classical epic. An epic is a long narrative in which the characters and actions are presented in heroic proportion. Paradise Lost is long poem written in 12 Books.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the end, Paradise Lost is a classical epic as it is a long narrative poem, has a grand style, heroic figures, and may discuss grand themes and lofty settings.