Key quotes PL X Flashcards
(50 cards)
first line
“meanwhile the heinous and despiteful act of Satan done in paradise”
“deserved..
to fall”
“the angelic guards ascended
mute and sad for man”
Jesus
“destined man himself to judge man fallen”
God is a __ judge
“mild judge” - AO5 CS Lewis said He was “fair”
what did Adam and Eve do when God arrived
“hid themselves among the thickest trees”
“despair”
etymologically meant ‘without God’
Eve’s admission
“the serpent me beguiled and I did eat”
how does Jesus punish the snake
“upon thy belly grovelling thou shalt go”
“her seed shall bruise thy head, thou bruise his heel”
eve’s punishment from Jesus
“to thy husband’s will thine shall submit, he over thee shall rule”
Man’s two punishments
- they will “sweat” for their food - hard work
- “to dust return” - they will die
when were Sin and Death first introduced
Book 2
what are Sin and Death
allegorical characters
what does Sin call Satan
“our great author” who “thrives”
Death’s description
“meagre shadow”
when Sin and Death are together, what is “great”
their “power”
quotation for the bridge
“smooth, easy, inoffensive down to hell” - allegory of life as a metaphor for christianity
Sin is misled about Satan’s achievements
“thou hast achieved our liberty” and “fully avenged our foil in Heaven” - exaggeration
How is Satan described with Sin and Death
“prince of darkness”
give an example of how Satan in Hell upholds a Miltonian epic
Assembly of snakes
when Satan sits on his throne, what does Milton say
“false glitter”
etymology of Milton and the “apple”
in Latin, mallum means evil, but mallus means apple.
what does he call his snakes?
“ye gods” - blasphemous.
how do the snakes react to Satan’s speech?
“a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn”
