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... called one of the world's greatest pieces of rhetoric . In it Milton vigorously de- fends himself against personal attacks provoked by his early po- litical pamphlets , including the accusation that his blindness was a punishment for ...
... called one of the world's greatest pieces of rhetoric . In it Milton vigorously de- fends himself against personal attacks provoked by his early po- litical pamphlets , including the accusation that his blindness was a punishment for ...
Page 58
... called a monody or personal lament , is a pastoral elegy in which the death of one man is universalized in terms of art , nature , rebirth , order , and compassion . From the outset , Milton's concern with broader issues - the death of ...
... called a monody or personal lament , is a pastoral elegy in which the death of one man is universalized in terms of art , nature , rebirth , order , and compassion . From the outset , Milton's concern with broader issues - the death of ...
Page 80
... called upon to aid , for , as Summers says , the narrator knows what readers know , yet he must also be prophetic and inspired , telling them what no narrator could know or have witnessed : the Fall . The invocation , with its shifts in ...
... called upon to aid , for , as Summers says , the narrator knows what readers know , yet he must also be prophetic and inspired , telling them what no narrator could know or have witnessed : the Fall . The invocation , with its shifts in ...
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action Adam and Eve Adam's angels aware beauty becomes begins blind Book called cause Christ Christian church claims classical comes complete Comus contrast created creation critics darkness death described divine Earth earthly English epic Eve's evil express faith fall fallen Father fear feelings final follow forces freedom God's Heaven heavenly Hell hero heroism hope human ideal ideas important indicates Italy John King knowledge Lady language later lead learning light lines London man's means Milton mind moves nature obedience Paradise Lost pastoral perfect physical poem poet poet's poetic poetry political possible present Press provides questions reader reason reflects remains reminds response result reveals Samson Satan says seems seen sense serpent shows Son's speech Spirit story strength style suggests temptation theme tion traditional tree tries University virtue vision