ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

PARADISE LOST JOHN MILTON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is not found in Hell?
A
Gems
B
Gold
C
Oil
D
Minerals
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Questions for Book 9 only Why do you think Milton feels that it is necessary to “justify the ways of God to men"? How does Milton amplify the account of Adam and Eve in Genesis? Why do Adam and Eve have so much work to do in the Garden of Eden? Is Eve’s argument in favor of working separately from Adam a good one?

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Michael assures Adam that God is everywhere on Earth. The angel then puts Eve into a peaceful sleep and takes Adam to the highest point in Paradise from which Michael will give Adam a vision of the future of Mankind.

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