FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
PARADISE LOST JOHN MILTON
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Question
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In the phrase, “thy seed shall bruise our foe, ” the “seed” refers to:
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The Tree of Knowledge
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Adam
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Cane and Abel
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Jesus Christ
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -42. In the phrase, “thy seed shall bruise our foe, ” the “seed” refers to: Jesus Christ. 43. In the phrase, “thy seed shall bruise our foe, ” “thy” refers to: Eve.
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: -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.
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