FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
THE POETRY OF JOHN MILTON
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A brief summary of “Paradise Lost”
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A detailed description of Satan
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A detailed description of Milton himself
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Detailed explanation-1: -Milton opens Paradise Lost by formally declaring his poem’s subject: humankind’s first act of disobedience toward God, and the consequences that followed from it. The act is Adam and Eve’s eating of the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, as told in Genesis, the first book of the Bible.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Book I of Paradise Lost begins with a prologue in which Milton performs the traditional epic task of invoking the Muse and stating his purpose. He invokes the classical Muse, Urania, but also refers to her as the “Heav’nly Muse, ” implying the Christian nature of this work.
Detailed explanation-4: -The purpose or theme of Paradise Lost then is religious and has three parts: 1) disobedience, 2) Eternal Providence, and 3) justification of God to men. Frequently, discussions of Paradise Lost center on the latter of these three to the exclusion of the first two.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: The theme of Book I of Paradise Lost is resolution and perseverance in the face of overwhelming defeat. As the book begins, Satan and those angels who he swayed to join him have fallen from heaven, becoming demons.