Milton and the Miltonic Dryden

Absalom and Achitophel Adam and Eve Adam's Alexas allusion angels Antony and Cleopatra Antony's attitudes Aureng-Zebe Biblical blind characters Chorus claims comparison contrast corruption created Dalila David's death defined divine dramatic poem earlier echo effect eloquence Essays Eve's example experience expressed fallen world feelings final God's grace guage hear Heav'n hero hero's heroic human implies innocence interpretation ironic parodies John Dryden language lines literary literature Love man's Marcus Antonius metaphor Milton and Dryden Milton's epic moral or theological narrator nature numbers original Paradise Lost parallels passage pastoral pattern phrase play poet poet's poetic poetry political praise present Prevenient Grace qualities reader recognize refer Restoration literature restored Reuben Brower rhetoric Samson Agonistes Satan Satan's speeches satire scene seems sense Shakespeare's silence social society soliloquy speak story style suggests sweet temptation thee thir thou tion Tiresias titles tophel traditional unfallen utterance Ventidius verbal words