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John Milton

Only Connect ... New Directions Milton 1. Milton’s life Born in London into a wealthy Puritan family in 1608. He learnt Latin, Greek and Italian. After a European tour, he supported Cromwell and his policy. He was made Latin Secretary to the Council of State. He lost his sight and a period of personal defeat and disillusionment started. He died in London in 1674. Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Milton 2. Milton’s works 1st period: the poems L’allegro e Il Pensieroso Comus, a masque Lycidas, a pastoral elegy 2nd period: Aeropagitica, a pamphlet prose propaganda 3rd period: Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Samson Agonistes Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Milton 3. Paradise Lost: the sources Type of work  epic poem Sources: Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey Virgil’s Aeneid the Bible Book of Genesis Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Milton 4. Paradise Lost: the setting Heaven, Hell, the firmament (Chaos) and Earth. Ptolemaic design (also called the geocentric design) rather than the Copernican design (also called the heliocentric design) Milton’s Solar System Only Connect ... New Directions

5. Main characters God the Father, God the Son. Milton 5. Main characters God the Father, God the Son. Satan, the powerful, proud angel who led an unsuccessful rebellion against God. Adam and Eve, the first human beings. Gabriel, Raphael, angels on the side of God. Beelzebub and other rebellious angels, leaders in Satan’s army. William Blake, Satan arousing the Rebel Angels, 1808 Only Connect ... New Directions

God casts Satan into Hell So Adam and Eve fall from grace Milton 6. The plot God casts Satan into Hell Satan’s rebellion against God He turns into a snake The serpent gets Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. Adam does the same. Adam and Eve live in the Garden of Eden happily. So Adam and Eve fall from grace Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Milton 7. Themes Main theme  the story of man’s fall Secondary themes Pride  it leads to Satan’s downfall Envy  coming from Satan’s pride Revenge  it makes Satan tempt Adam and Eve Infidelity  Adam betrays God by siding with Eve Disobedience  Adam and Eve disobey God Repentance  Adam and Eve repent Redemption  Man is granted eternal salvation thanks to the sacrifice of the Son of God Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Milton 8. The epic conventions The invocation to the muse. Beginning of the story in medias res. Telling a story with which the readers are familiar with  they know the characters, the plot, the development and the end of the story. Conflict in the celestial realm. Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Milton 9. Style Elevated, perfectly suited to the epic genre and to the theme. Use of Blank-verse. Extensive use of enjambments. Use of latinisms, inversions. Antithesis of light / darkness to depict Heaven and Hell. Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Milton 10. Satan in Milton and Dante Milton’s Satan Dante’s Satan Symbol God’s eternal justice Punishment Appearance At first he is a fallen angel; then he takes the form of a snake Monster: three-headed winged creature Dwelling Hell, below Chaos The City of Dis, the lowest circle of Hell Only Connect ... New Directions