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Page 191
... Raphael is directed to follow God's strategy of persuasion in Book III : . . such discourse bring on , ... As may advise him of his happy state , Happiness in his power left free to will , Left to his own free Will , his Will though ...
... Raphael is directed to follow God's strategy of persuasion in Book III : . . such discourse bring on , ... As may advise him of his happy state , Happiness in his power left free to will , Left to his own free Will , his Will though ...
Page 193
... Raphael at first to be remote , if Christlike , in leaving distant Heaven , but Raphael denies any scale of difference in value or merit between earth and Heaven . In token of Heaven's proximity to earth and its esteem for man , the ...
... Raphael at first to be remote , if Christlike , in leaving distant Heaven , but Raphael denies any scale of difference in value or merit between earth and Heaven . In token of Heaven's proximity to earth and its esteem for man , the ...
Page 221
... Raphael - like offices of the epic . Its narrator accepts the burden of the Fall but also the exalted privileges extended by God to Adam and the " sons of men " ( VII , 626 ) . Book VII closes the revelation of man's “ happy State ...
... Raphael - like offices of the epic . Its narrator accepts the burden of the Fall but also the exalted privileges extended by God to Adam and the " sons of men " ( VII , 626 ) . Book VII closes the revelation of man's “ happy State ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
and Il Penseroso Arcades and At a Solemn | 21 |
Full Consort in On the Morning of Christs Nativity | 27 |
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action Adam and Eve Adam's agon angels annunciation appetite ascent audience Battle in Heaven become Books XI catharsis celebration champion choice choose Chorus Christ Christian Comus creation creative creatures Dagon Dalila David Daiches death desert despair divine doubt dramatic dream earth earthly elect enacted epic eternal Eve's evil fall fallen fear final gift glory God's design harmony Heaven heavenly Hell hellish hero heroism human Il Penseroso immortal insists intimated Israel John Milton Jordan judgment knowledge L'Allegro Lady later light literary Lycidas man's Manoa meaning metaphor methektic Milton mortal move narrative nature Neoplatonic Northrop Frye once Orpheus Paradise Lost Paradise Regained parody Philistian poem poet poetry praise present promise question Raphael readers realize reason recoil redemptive renewal revealed Samson Agonistes Satan second Adam seems sense serpent shepherds Son's song speaker spiritual stance temptation thee thir thou tion tive tragic victory voice words