Ao5 Paradise Lost Flashcards
(18 cards)
What does Percy shelly(1821) say about Satan
“Miltons devil as a moral being is as far superior to his god”
What does Voltaire(1727) say about god in paradise lost
“ the god of Milton is always a father, a creator a judge”
What does William Blake(1790) say about Milton’s party
(Milton was) of the devils party without knowing it
What does Johnson(1873) say about sin and death ?
“(Miltons) allegory of sin and death is undoubtably faulty”
What are 2 things said by C.S.LEWIS(1942)
“Through giving Adam the fruit, eve commits “murder”
“Adams sin was less ignoble than eves”
What does chambers(1963) say about paradise lost ?
“The material chaos of paradise lost is unmistakably opposed to god”
What does Empson(1965)say about paradise lost
“The reason why the poem is so good is that it makes god look so bad”
What does tillyard(2005) say about eve ?
“Eve takes and keeps the initiative”
What does iannucci(2009) describe Adam and Eve as ?
“ they are the tragic couple”
What does Carey(2017) say about hero’s within paradise lost
“Satan is the only heroic figure in the poem… Adam is pathetic”
What does Moore(2012) say about Satan ?
“(Satan uses) pure slick advertising”
What does carey(2017) say about eves intelligence ?
“Eve comes out far better than Adam. She is more intelligent”
What does William empson(1961) say about Adams sin ?
“Adams sin is not just an act of disobedience, it is a tragic decision”
What does fish(1967) say about transformation ?
Both eve and Adam are punished not for just there disobedience but the failure to recognise and embrace their proper place in the divinely ordained hierarchy
What does lewalski(2007) say about Milton’s epic ?
“ Milton’s epic is predominantly about knowing and choosing”
What does burden(1967)
“The tragedy is more his failure than hers”
What does evans(1973) say about gods punishment of Satan ?
“ a display of sorcery rather than an act of divine justice”
What does hill(1975) say about the fall ?
“The fall is an analogy for the collapse of commonwealth government”
