ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Paradise Lost, Book I, Satan is the embodiment of Milton’s?
A
Sense of injured merit
B
Hatred of tyranny
C
Spirit of revolt
D
All these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The theme of Book I of Paradise Lost is resolution and perseverance in the face of overwhelming defeat. As the book begins, Satan and those angels who he swayed to join him have fallen from heaven, becoming demons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paradise Lost is an attempt to make sense of a fallen world: to “justify the ways of God to men”, and no doubt to Milton himself.

Detailed explanation-3: -of the Devil in the poem, Satan is not the hero of Paradise Lost. harsh. Even more appealing than Satan’s despair is his commanding demeanor and presence.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the first place, an invocation of the muse at the beginning of an epic is conventional, so Milton is acknowledging his awareness of Homer, Virgil, and later poets, and signaling that he has mastered their format and wants to be part of their tradition.

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