Dangerous Knowledge DPAC ENG II Review

Mutability Genre

Romantic Poem

Mutability Author

Percy Shelley

Mutability Speakers

Unknown/Omniscient

Mutability Theme

The only constant of life is change

Mutability Devices

Iambic Pentameter

Paradise Lost Genre

Epic Poem

Paradise Lost Author

John Milton

Paradise Lost Speaker

Satan (2nd Section)

Paradise Lost Notable Devices

Use of blank verse, epic simile, and allusion.

Paradise Lost Theme

The struggle between good and evil, the consequences of disobedience, and the search for redemption.

Sonnet to Science Genre

Sonnet

Sonnet to Science Author

Edgar Allan Poe

Sonnet to Science Speaker

A poet

Sonnet to Science Notable Devices

Iambic pentameter, allusions

Sonnet to Science Theme

The conflict between science and poetry, highlighting the tension between rationality and imagination.

The Birthmark Genre

A short story

The Birthmark Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Birthmark Speaker

A scientist named Aylmer who is obsessed with perfection.

The Birthmark Devices

Symbols

The Birthmark Theme

Striving for perfection and altering nature can lead to destruction