FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
PARADISE LOST JOHN MILTON
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Question
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When Satan leaps over the fence into Paradise, what does Milton liken him to?
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A snake slithering up a tree
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A germ infecting a body
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A wolf leaping into a sheep’s pen
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A fish leaping out of water
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In Book 9, a verse describing the serpent which tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden spells out “SATAN” (9.510), while elsewhere in the same book, Milton spells out “FFAALL” and “FALL” (9.333).
Detailed explanation-2: -Satan disguises himself as a cherub and flies to the sun to talk with the archangel, Uriel.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Paradise Lost, Satan falls from the heavenly spheres, plunging through nightmarish limbo for nine days, and landing in the depths of Hell. Yet, prior to his descent into Hell, Satan belonged in Heaven, an archangel named Lucifer, a rational and perfect being created by God.
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