LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
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George Herbert’s “The Temple”
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William Shakespeare’s “Tempest”
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Ben Jonson’s “Volpone”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Brief Notes, a reply to a royalist sermon preached in the last weeks before the Restoration, was Milton’s last publication for some years. His political career was over, and his life was now in danger.
Detailed explanation-2: -The battles between the faithful angels and Satan’s forces take place over three days. At the final battle, the Son of God single-handedly defeats the entire legion of angelic rebels and banishes them from Heaven. Following this purge, God creates the World, culminating in his creation of Adam and Eve.
Detailed explanation-3: -Paradise Lost, epic poem in blank verse, one of the late works by John Milton, originally issued in 10 books in 1667 and, with Books 7 and 10 each split into two parts, published in 12 books in the second edition of 1674.
Detailed explanation-4: -The best well-known work of John Milton (1608-1674), Paradise Lost. A Poem in Ten Books, was first published in London in 1667.