ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In Book XI, Michael is introduced as the second angel, after Raphael, to impart information and education to Adam. Michael and Raphael make an interesting contrast. Both come with messages for Adam, and both speak to Adam outside of Eve’s presence.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Paradise Lost Milton sets up the Archangel Michael as the polar opposite of Satan, leading the forces loyal to God. However, critical and popular opinions about the poem have never accorded Michael the same recognition as his opponent. Yet Michael defeats Satan in a duel during the battles in Book VI (VI.

Detailed explanation-3: -Michael leads Adam and Eve through the gate and they exit Paradise. They cry a few tears and then walk hand in hand into a new world. After expanding his ambitious epic through millennia, Milton ends the poem at the beginning of Fallen history.

Detailed explanation-4: -Book 11 opens with Adam and Eve sending up their prayers to Heaven. The Son receives them and presents them to the Father. He intercedes on their behalf, and asks God to proclaim peace for mankind, to forgive him, etc. God accedes to the Son’s requests, but says Adam and Eve still have to leave Paradise.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve meet the Angel Raphael and the angel warns them not to disobey God’s commands and that Satan is plotting to bring about the fall.