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Page 71
... Fall that has not yet taken place in the poem is to give the impression that the Fall is a foregone conclusion : " Man will heark'n to his glozing lies " ( III , 93 ) . And when God announces the dire consequences of man's disobedience ...
... Fall that has not yet taken place in the poem is to give the impression that the Fall is a foregone conclusion : " Man will heark'n to his glozing lies " ( III , 93 ) . And when God announces the dire consequences of man's disobedience ...
Page 115
... Fall . It is true that the course of the sun is regular and rhythmic and , under God's will , inevitable . But the purpose , both theological and aesthetic , of the entire poem is to show how the falls of man and Satan , although not ...
... Fall . It is true that the course of the sun is regular and rhythmic and , under God's will , inevitable . But the purpose , both theological and aesthetic , of the entire poem is to show how the falls of man and Satan , although not ...
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... Fall . Milton shows us not only a tragic Adam unable to resist temptation but a comic Adam choosing to fall . The initial incongruity in Adam's Fall is the discrepancy between what he first says to himself and what he then says to Eve ...
... Fall . Milton shows us not only a tragic Adam unable to resist temptation but a comic Adam choosing to fall . The initial incongruity in Adam's Fall is the discrepancy between what he first says to himself and what he then says to Eve ...
Contents
Miltons Great Oxymoron Books III 19 | 60 |
Points of View in Paradise Books IVV | 85 |
Unfallen Narration Books VVI | 118 |
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