ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

POETRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden.” This is an extract from:
A
Paradise Lost
B
Paradise Regained
C
Samson Agonistes
D
Divorce Tracts
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The poem opens with the lines: “Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe.” And in doing so it briefs the reader about the whole plot of the epic tale it is about to relate.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Central subject of Paradise Lost, as its title makes clear, is the loss of Eden. To Milton and his age Adam and Eve are historic figures and the Paradise they inhabit and are expelled from an actual localized garden. Though idealized, it is within the world of nature as we know it.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”.

Detailed explanation-4: -4. Be then his Love accursed; since love or hate, /To me alike, it deals eternal woe./Nay cursed be thou; since against his thy will/Chose freely what it now so justly rues./Me miserable!-which way shall I fly/ Infinite wrath and infinite despair?/Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell.

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