Kelly Paradise Lost Test

How is an epic poem defined?

Charts the rise and fall of a country or tribe. It has a hero that reflects the values or characteristics of that country or tribe.

What are the characteristics of an epic poem?

Hyperbole, classical allusions, catalogs, journey to the underworld, elegiac tone, blank verse, epic simile, lineage, complex sentence structure.

What is Milton's purpose in writing Paradise Lost?

To assert Eternal Providence and justify the ways of God to men.

What kind of war is Satan raising in Heaven?

Impious.

What kind of battle is Satan raising in Heaven?

Dubious.

What is Satan's condition in hell?

Confounded though immortal.

What torments Satan?

Lost happiness and lasting pain.

What sustains Satan in hell?

Obdurate pride and steadfast hate.

What does the fire in hell produce?

No light, but rather darkness visible served only to discover sights of woe.

What is not lost?

All, the unconquerable will, the study of revenge, immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield.

How does Satan truly feel in hell?

Vaunting aloud, but racked with deep despair.

What will be their task in hell?

To do ought good.

What will be their sole delight in hell?

To do ill.

How is the mind described?

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of hell, a hell of Heaven.

Whose sentence is for open war?

Moloch’s

What is Moloch more unexpert on?

Wiles.

What does Moloch say that the result of raising war will be?

If not victory, is yet revenge.

What is Belial's plan (general summary)

To raise war against Heaven and even if they don't win, they will at least disturb God.

What does Belial's tongue drop?

Manna

What is Kelly's favorite line?

Those thoughts that wander through eternity.

What is Belial's plan (generally)?

Do nothing because it could be worse.

What does Mammon prefer?

Hard liberty before the easy yoke of servile pomp.

What is Satan/Beezelbub's plan?

Seduce them to our party.

What would Satan/Beezelbub's plan result in?

This would surpass common revenge, and interrupt his joy.

How was Sin born?

Out of thy head I sprung (born from a thought of Satan).

Relationship between sin, satan, and death

satan birthed sin from a thought, satan then mated with sin and she birthed death who constantly tries to attack her and mutilated her lower half.

How has God made man?

Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall.

What is Satan's state as a snake?

Constrained into a beast, and mixed with bestial slime.

How does Satan describe spite?

Spite then with spite is best repaid.

What is the subtlest beast of all the field?

Serpent.

How does Satan describe Eve?

The universal dame.

How does Satan react to Eve's beauty?

Of enmity disarmed, of guile, of hate, of envy, of revenge.

How does Earth react to Eve eating the fruit?

Earth felt the wound, and nature from her seat sighing through all her works gave signs of woe, that all was lost.

How does Adam describe his relationship with Eve?

Our state cannot be severed, we are one, one flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.

How is Adam’s clothing himself described?

He covered, but his robe uncovered more.

What kind of tree do Adam and Eve use to clothe themselves?

Fig Tree.

What type of desire does Adam look at Eve with after the fall?

Carnal.