English a level - book X paradise lost
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2 quotes from the opening of book X showing man was not overly-vulnerable to the fall
“with strength entire, and free will armed”
“ought to have still remembered”
opening quote of book X
“Meanwhile the heinous and despiteful act of Satan done in paradise… was known in heaven”
quote from opening of book X showing the punishment of humans to be justified
“the penalty, and manifold in sin, deserved to fall.”
quote to describe the punishment the son will go to earth to administer, said by the Father
“the mortal sentence pass”
quote from the Son showing his “mildness” in punishment and temper (contrasts Ferdinand massively…")
“I shall in temper so justice with mercy”
quote to describe the feeling of Adam and Eve as they see God through the son for the first time post-fall
“love was not in their looks, either to God or to each other, but apparent guilt”
quote showing God’s punishment of woman
“children thou shalt bring in sorrow forth, and to thy husband’s will thine shall submit”
quote showing God’s punishment of man
“cursed is the ground for thy sake, thou in sorrow shall eat thereof… thorns and thistles it shall bring”
quote showing God’s punishment of mankind
"for dust thou art, and shalt to dust return”
how are Adam and Eve described immediately after their punishments are told to them
as Jesus’ “enemies”: the ones who make his suffering necessary
quote showing the symbollic meaning of Adam and Eve’s shame at their nakedness
“inward nakedness, much more opprobrious”
2 quotes from God describing the fall of man to the angels at the start of book X
“on his (Satan’s) bad errand, man should be seduced”
“With lightest moment of impulse his free will… fallen he is”
2 quotes from Jesus criticising Adam for blaming Eve for his fall
“was she thy God”
“To her thoust didst resign thy manhood”
Quote from Death showing her growing power
“I feel new strength within me rise”
Quote describing hell as Sin and Death sit at the gates
“Open wide, belching outrageous flames”
Quote showing the relationship between Sin and Death
“For Death from Sin no power can separate”
Quote from Death showing the influence of Sin on free will in an allusion back to “lead then”
“Go whither fate and inclination strong leads thee”
quote describing mankind as sin and death “flock” to earth
“Scent of living carcasses designed for death”
Quote showing Satan’s angelic nature as sin and death meet him in Eden
“Satan in likeness of an angel bright”
How can Satan, sin, and death as a family be understood
A perverted trinity
2 quotes from Sin praising Satan as they meet in Eden post-fall
“Thou hast achieved our liberty”
“Thine now is all this world”
Quote from Sin showing Satan to be God’s foil
“Fully avenged our foil in heaven”
Quote from Satan portraying himself as God’s opposite
“Satan (for I in glory the name, antagonist of heaven’s almighty King)”
2 quotes from Satan addressing all hellspawn describing the fall
“by fraud i have seduced from his creator”
“given up both his beloved man and all his world, to Sin and Death as prey”
Quote from Satan addressing all hellspawn describing hell
“infernal pit abominable… and dungeon of our tyrant”
3 quotes showing Satan’s punishment following his hubris
“from innumerable tongues a dismal universal hiss”
“down he fell a monstrous serpent on his belly”
“A greater power now ruled him, punished in the shape he sinned”
3 quotes alluding to the forbidden fruit post satans-fall
“the bait of Eve used by the tempter”
“For one forbidden tree a multitude now risen”
“Parched with scalding thirst and hunger fierce”
Quote describing the fall as offensive
“The offended taste”
2 quotes from God as he sees sin and death ravage the earth
“man’s polluting sin with taint hath shed”
“Seal up his (hell’s) ravenous jaws, then heaven and earth renewed shall be made pure”
How is the son described after God’s second speech
“Destined restorer of mankind”
2 quotes from Adam’s soliloquy showing his shame
“Hide me from the face of God”
“I deserved it”
3 quotes from Adam’s soliloquy suggesting God to be unjust
“Did i request the, Maker, from my clay to make me man”
“Unable to perform thy terms too hard”
“Inexplicable thy justice seems”
3 quotes suggesting death to be a welcome end to painful life in Adam’s soliloquy
“dust I am, and shall to dust return: o welcome hour whenever!”
“Why do I overlive, why am I mocked with death”
“his dreadful voice no more would thunder in my ears”
2 quotes suggesting God’s punishment to be cruel from Adam’s soliloquy
“Torment me with cruel expectation”
“Will he draw out… finite to infinite in punished man, to satisfy his rigour satisfied never”
2 quotes about original sin from Adam’s soliloquy
“Why should all mankind for one man’s fault thus guiltless be condemned”
“Me only, as the source and spring of all corruption”
How does Adam respond to eve’s “soft words”
“Out of my sight, thou serpent”
2 quotes from Adam blaming Eve for the fall
“Rejected my forewarning”
“Fooled and beguiled, by him thou, i by thee”
3 quotes from Adam blaming the female sex for the fall
“fair defect of nature”
“Female snares”
“Her perverseness”
2 Quote from/about Eve responding to Adam’s anger
“Both have sinned, but thou against god only”
“at his feet fell humble”
Quote from Adam forgiving Eve
“Frailty and infirmer sex forgiven to me committed and by me exposed”
2 Quotes showing eves proposed solution to preventing the suffering of mankind
“childless remain: so death shall be deceived his glut”
“let us seek death”
Two quotes (one from Adam, one from narrative perspective) showing human final submission to god
“doubt not but God hath wiselier armed his vengeful ire than so to be forestalled”
“Fell before him reverent, a both confessed humbly their faults, and pardon begged, with tears watering the ground… and humiliations meek.”