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    actions as our regeneration? Many know that God can do many things. He has restarted humanity by drowning many‚ he chooses who is faithful‚ and God created us. We don’t need people to justify his actions. But in light of art and creation‚ John Milton’s poem Paradise Lost created a vision of what God does for our world. Although‚ there are misconceptions in understands God’s actions. In fact‚ God’s justification can be confused for our regeneration in ways we can’t imagine. While He is all powerful‚ there

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    Men’s Soccer Player Profiles Nick Aievoli Nick Aievoli graduated from L.D Bell High School (Hurst‚ Texas) in 2010. He claimed First Team All-District 5-5A honors as a defender‚ playing under head coach Scott Campbell. Bell finished with a 4-7-6 record during Aievoli’s senior season. He played club soccer for Gator F.C. Tanner Britton Tanner is a native of Lubbock‚ Texas and was part of Monterey High School’s 15-5-2 playoff season as a senior. He claimed honorable mention All-District 2-5A honors

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    1. Paradise Lost emphasizes imagery in the descriptions of Hell. John Milton‚ the author‚ describes Hell as “whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.” The motif of fire illustrates the scene in frustration and agony. Satan resides in a fiery‚ dark place away from inhabitants. Usually‚ fire is depicted as a warm comforted glow in literature. However‚ the depiction of Hell is seen as intense and unsettling to Satan. 2 a) John Milton describe Adam and Eve‚ the first humans‚ turning away from God and committing

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    their respective parties. Consequently‚ each side fights for what they believe and as displayed in history‚ the victor determines which side was right. Paradise Lost is a poem written by John Milton that discloses the fall of man from paradise through the intervention of Satan; yet‚ through the Son of God‚ they are saved and are allowed back in to paradise. This tale that conveys the victory of the ultimate good‚ also displays the heroism of Satan although he faces defeat. This exceptional hero was a

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    cayla ***** December 2‚ 2013 John Milton essay John Milton (1608 - 1674) was an English Poet with controversial opinions. He became blind in 1651‚ which in no way affected his writings and in his sonnet‚ "When I consider how my light is spent"‚ and “How Soon Hath Time”‚ the poet refers to his blindness and the use of time. From the death of his infant son‚ to the death of his wife‚ down to Milton becoming blind‚ surprisingly‚ he had yet to let these obstacles stop him from being the amazing

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    Seeing Satan in a different light in Paradise Lost Satan is a character that has been ridiculed and teased in our modern world because of his symbolization of evil‚ combined with the underlying hypothesis that good will always triumph over evil ultimately questioning and mocking his presence. In Paradise Lost John Milton frays from the typical view of Satan as the devil-on-your-shoulder by having the readers absorbed in the idea that they actually feel sympathetic towards this evil creature. Within

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    apparent that that they wrote and “prophesy” (Danielson 177). Women were to keep their opinions to themselves‚ but in reality they would often give counsel to their husbands in the private of their home (“The Early Seventeenth Century"). Although‚ Paradise Lost is less focused on careerism in regards to women‚ there correlation between Eve and seventeenth century women still exists. Eve’s characterization is much more connected to her relationship with Adam

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    The same passage is seen as ambiguous to other critics of Milton. This connects to the idea of Milton’s ambiguity on feminism‚ and whether or not Paradise Lost is a feminist or misogynistic work‚ or something in between. The common to interpretation of the phrase “Not equal‚ as their sex not equal seemed” (ibid 4.295-298) is that it is a reference to Eve’s inferiority to Adam. This is because of the context of later parts of the poem‚ but when it stands alone the passage is vague as to which sex

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    Milton equips his character Satan with the ability to skillfully articulate falsehoods and heretical notions which will be omitted by non-analytical readers‚ emphasizing and demanding the need to dissect the carefully constructed poetry’s function in the book’s defense and support of God. In Milton’s Paradise Lost‚ Satan observes his new surroundings and directs his reflection at his close ally Beelzebub after their fall and painful time spent in the lake (I. 220-240‚ p.217): Farewell

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    merit of John Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667) in seven verse paragraphs of fifty-four rhymed iambic pentameter lines. The opening sentence forms a grammatical unit of ten lines. The remaining lines‚ marked with a grammatical pause at the end of each couplet‚ follow the poetic practice of end-stopped couplets. Initially‚ Marvell contrasts Milton’s “slender Book” with its “vast Design‚” its Christian topic of salvation history and its cosmic scope of infinite time and space. He fears that Milton will mar

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