ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

PARADISE LOST JOHN MILTON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The battle between God’s army and Satan’s rebels in heaven lasted:
A
One day
B
Three days
C
Seven days
D
One hour
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hell is complete darkness, but Heaven is just the opposite of that. Heaven is light. Heaven is pure, and Heaven is a perfect place with no sorrow. The angels were also a source of light as well, but not comparable to God.

Detailed explanation-2: -The unholy trinity in John Milton’s Paradise Lost consisting of Beelzebub, Lucifer, and Astaroth.

Detailed explanation-3: -God, in Paradise Lost, is less a developed character than a personification of abstract ideas. He is unknowable to humankind and to some extent lacks emotion and depth. He has no weaknesses, embodies pure reason, and is always just.

Detailed explanation-4: -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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