Paradise lost critical quotations Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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C.S. Lewis on Eve
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‘Eve fell through pride’
2
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William Blake on Milton
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‘Milton was of the Devils party without knowing it’
3
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Harold Bloom on Satan
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‘Satan is the architype of the revolutionary’
4
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Harold Bloom on God
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‘God in paradise lost is a tragic figure’
5
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C.S. Lewis on Adam
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‘Adam is a man in whom the whole human race is summed up.’
6
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C.S Lewis on Adam and Eve
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‘Eve fell through pride… Adam fell by uxoriousness.’
7
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John Leonard on Adam
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‘Adams decision is heroic, but tragically misplaced.’
8
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Lewalski on Adam
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