FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
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devoted to politics
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which speaks of the sky of Mercury
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entirely occupied by the speech of a character
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The story of mankind’s fall from Eden as written by John Milton in his epic poem Paradise Lost portrays a classically heroic Satan and a modern hero in God’s Son, Jesus Christ.
Detailed explanation-2: -Canto VI can be regarded as a self-contained unit, since it holds the complete description of one circle of Hell, the third, where Gluttons are punished. The action of the canto is symmetrically framed by two mythological demons, Cerberus and Plutus, who preside over its opening and closing scenes respectively.
Detailed explanation-3: -litotes. A figure of speech, in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary; Paradise Lost 1.442: “In Sion also not unsung"; Paradise Lost 6.470: “Not univented that, which thou aright"; Paradise Lost 11.244: “Not unperceav’d of Adam."
Detailed explanation-4: -Satan is the first figure to speak in Paradise Lost. His address (to his second-in-command Beelzebub) is the kind of thing a politician has to say to his party after a defeat.