FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
PARADISE LOST JOHN MILTON
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Book IX
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Book XI
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Book IIV
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Book X
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Detailed explanation-1: -Paradise Lost is the story is separated into twelve books, broken down shortly after initial publication, following the model of the Aeneid of Virgil. The books’ lengths vary; longest being Book IX, with 1, 189 lines, and the shortest Book VII, having 640.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -He is, in Milton’s words, a hero of “Patience and Heroic Martyrdom” (33). Ultimately too, Adam is regenerated and reconciled rather than just killed. Paradise Lost will end on a hopeful-even joyful-note, since through Adam’s fall, salvation and eternal life will come to Man through God’s mercy and grace.
Detailed explanation-4: -Book 9 details the climax of Adam and Eve’s story, the fall of man. The story begins with Satan, who has been in hiding after being banished from the Garden of Eden. Satan sneaks back into the Garden disguised as a mist. Once inside the Garden, he transforms into a snake.
Detailed explanation-5: -Paradise Lost: Book 9 (1674 version) by John… Poetry Foundation.