Paradise Lost Quotes: Book 10

GOD omniscieent

what scape the eye of god all seeing or deceive his heart omniscient

What is the narrator's view?

strength entire and freewill armed

mainfold in sin, deserved to fall'

What name is God given?

'Most High Eternal Father'

How does God reassure the angels?

'your sincerest care could not prevent; foretold so lately what would come to pass'

How does God justify sending the Son?

'mercy colleague with justice, sending thee Man's friend'

destined man himself to judge man fallen

How is Satan described by the Son?

'convict by flight and rebel to all law'

How does The Son describe the couple?

'Love was not in their looks, either to God or each other'

What becomes apparent to the Son when he speaks to Adam?

'my voice thou oft hast heard, and hast not feared but still rejoiced'

How does Adam try to justify himself?

This woman whom thou madest me to be my help and gavest me as thy perfect gift

'and what she did whatever in itself, her doing seemed to justify the deed'

she gave me of the tree and I did eat

What does The Son say about Adam acting in such a way?

'Was she thy God, that her thou didst obey before his voice?'

was she made thy guide superiour to you or but equal that to her thou didst resign thy manhood

God set thee above her made of thee and for thee

lovely to attract thy love not thy subjection

What does Eve say happened?

'the Serpent me beguiled and I did eat'

What is the punishment for the serpent?

'Upon thy belly grovelling thou shalt go'

What is Eve's punishment?

'children thou shalt bring in sorrow forth; and to thy husband's will thine shall submit; he over thee shall rule'

What is Adam's punishment?

'cursed is the ground for thy sake; thou in sorrow shalt eat thereof, all the days of thy life'

What is the final damning punishment?

'for dust thou art, and shalt to dust return'

What does Sin call Satan?

'our great author'

What does Death smell?

'he snuffed the smell of mortal change on earth'

How does Satan react to the sight of the Son?

'terrified, he fled' - not wanting to escape but 'fearing, guilty, what his wrath might suddenly inflict'

How is the relationship between Satan and Sin illustrated?

'my heart, which by a secret harmony still moves with thine'

What does Satan command the pair do?

Go to earth and 'dwell, and reign in bliss'

What does Satan do upon his return to Hell?

'ascended his high throne' and 'from a cloud his fulgrent head and shape star-bright appeared, or brighter'

How is Satan seen by the people of Hell?

'mighty Chief'

How does Satan start his speech?

Thrones Dominations Princedoms, Virtues, Powers

How does Satan described his journey?

'what suffered; with what pain voyaged the'unreal, vast, unbounded deep of horrible confusion'

Satan speech sin and death militaristic

a broad way now is paved to expedite your glorious march

Satan makes himself seem like a liberator

the dungeon of our tyrant

protesting Heaven supreme

final line of satans speech

what remains ye Gods but up and enter into eternal bliss

What does Satan hear at the end of his speech?

'a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn' he had expected 'universal shour and high applause'

How is Satan's form described?

' a monstorous serpent' and 'a greater power now ruled him'

How is the punishment described?

'like in punishment as in their crime'

How are the two referred to?

'the hellish pair'

'all-conquering Death'

How do Sin and Death describe Earth?

'our empire'

What is Sin's plan?

'infect' the human race

What is the summing up of Sin and Death that the author gives?

'Both to destroy or unimmortal make all kinds'

How does God describe the sin of the humans?

'Man's polluting sin with taint hath shed on what was pure'

What changes does God enforce?

The sun - 'so to move, so shine, as might affect the earth with cold and heat'

'decrepit winters' and 'solstitial summer's heat'

What is the effect of the changes that God implements?

'thus began outrage from lifeless things'

'beast now with beast 'gan war'

What does Adam declare at the beginning of his soliloquy?

'O miserable of happy!'

What makes clear Adam's worries about the future of humanity?

'if here would end the misery; I deserved it and would bear my own deservings; but this will not serve'

What does Adam say about children?

'once heard delightfully encrease and multiply; now death to hear'

why should all mankind for one mans fault thus guiltless be condemned

Adam overlive ?

why do I overlive why am I mocked with death and lengthened out to deathless pain

What is Adam's final closing lament?

'what abyss of fears and horrours hast thou driven me; out of which I find no way, from deep to deeper plunged'

Adam wishing never created frankenstein

did i request thee maker from my clay to mould me man

Adam soliloquy mazes

all reasonings … through mazes

conscience driven me .. abyss of fears and horrors … from deep to deeper plunge

How does Adam speak of Eve?

'thou Serpent'

'false and hateful'

'all but a rib'

What suggests appearance vs reality in Adam's speech to Eve?

'too heavenly form, pretended to hellish falsehood, snare them!'

female snares

How does Adam wish the world run?

'fill the world at once with Men, as Angels, without feminine'

How is Eve presented?

‘at his feet fell humble'

thy suppliant I beg and clasp thy knees

Eve’s supplication

‘my only strength’

both have sinned but thou against god and I against God and thee

What does Eve vow to do?

'all the sentence from thy head removed, may light on me, sole cause to thee of all this woe, me, me only, just object of his ire!'

What happens to Adam?

'his heart relented' and 'his anger all he lost'

What does Adam say to Eve they should do?

'strive in offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden, in our share of woe'

How does Eve feel?

'vile as I am...hopeful to regain thy love'

What does Eve say on secrets?

'from thee I will not hide what thoughts in my unquiet breast are risen'

What is Eve's solution to the problem?

'childless thou art, childless remain'

'lest us seek Death'

What is Adam's response to Eve's solutions?

'will not exempt us from the pain we are doom to pay'

'To crush his head would be revenge indeed' - no defeat of Satan if they die/have no children

How Adam speak of God's judgement?

'mild and gracious temper' and 'without wrath or reviling'

How does he make light of their punishments?

'soon recompensed with joy fruit of thy womb'

'my labour will sustain me'

What is Adam's resolution?

'Confess humbly our faults and pardon beg'

What happens when they do as Adam says?

'tears watering the ground

and with their sighs the air frequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in sign of sorrow unfeign'd and humiliation meek'