FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
PARADISE LOST JOHN MILTON
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Michael
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Abdiel
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Uriel
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Satan is not injured
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Satan disguises himself as a cherub and flies to the sun to talk with the archangel, Uriel.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Paradise Lost (1667), John Milton describes Satan’s shield as “the broad circumference / Hung on his shoulders like the moon whose orb / Through optic glass the Tus-can artist views” (I 287–89).
Detailed explanation-4: -The poem is a retelling of the story of Adam and Eve from the biblical book of Genesis which describes the creation of Heaven and Earth and of Adam and Eve. This poem fleshes out this story and imagines the couple’s reactions to the events that led to them being expelled from the Garden of Eden (or Paradise).