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    Paradise Lost Critical Analysis “Should God create another Eve‚ and I Another rib afford‚ yet loss of thee Would never from my heart; no no‚ I feel The Link of Nature draw me: Flesh of Flesh‚ Bone of my Bone thou art‚ and from thy State Mine never shall be parted‚ bliss or woe.” (9.911) John Milton believes it is his responsibility to enlighten the world that predestination and free will can exist simultaneously. He uses the very well-known story of Adam and Eve‚ and elaborates the details

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    Close Reading of Pkhents

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    Close Reading of “Pkhents” In the opening scene of “Pkhents‚” Abram Tertz introduces a first-person limited narrator‚ who is also the main character in the story. Unfortunately‚ Tertz provides no background information about this character. However‚ as the story progresses‚ the narrator’s unique mannerisms suggest that he is actually an extraterrestrial who belongs to a different world. A sense of confusion is created about the narrator’s identity when the narrator begins to form specific observations

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    West Memphis Three Paradise Lost is a documentary that follows the trial of the Damien Echols‚ Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley. They were accused of killing three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis‚ Arkansas. All three were convicted in 1994. Damien received the death penalty and the other two both received like sentences. These three teenagers would become known around the world as the West Memphis 3. The film Paradise Lost and the sequel‚ Paradise Lost 2‚ only covered this story up into the

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    PARADISE LOST OR AGONY FOUND? John Milton‚ a very highly acclaimed poet of the Renaissance Period‚ is most noted for his works which carried emphasis on the Bible. The most heralded of these works‚ "Paradise Lost"‚ revisits the very first story of the Bible. Milton attempts to justify his religion and his beliefs by going into further detail with the story and making it a lot more user friendly. With the use of themes‚ symbols‚ and motifs Milton creates a highly entertaining and explanatory story

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    The play‚ The Tempest‚ by William Shakespeare and the poem Paradise Lost‚ by John Milton are similarly written during the same time period of the sixteenth century. Both author’s create characters who have congruent roles‚ yet still make them different and unique. Not only do the writers use character roles that are related‚ but they also use coinciding settings‚ weather situations‚ and wording. Throughout this essay I will discuss and provide examples to support my theory. In The Tempest‚ Shakespeare

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    The Raven: A Close Reading

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    The Raven: A Close Reading The entire poem including the first stanza‚ as scanned here‚ is octametre with mostly trochaic feet and some iams. The use of a longer line enables the poem to be more of a narration of the evening’s events. Also‚ it enables Poe to use internal rhymes as shown in bold. The internal rhyme occurs in the first and third lines of each stanza. As one reads the poem you begin to expect the next rhyme pushing you along. The external rhyme of the "or" sound in Lenore and nevermore

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    In Paradise Lost‚ I find book two most significant. I find this book most significant because this is where Satan decides to voyage through Chaos in order to find the new world; Satan decides that he wants to seek revenge on God. A quote that alludes to Satan’s revenge is‚ "Thither full fraught with mischievous revenge Accursed‚ and in a cursed hour‚ he hies (Milton lines 1054-1055). This quote is describing the type of revenge that Satan seeks. It is clearly stated that his revenge will be mischievous

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    Milton’s style was not modified by his subject; what is shown with greater extent in Paradise Lost may be found in Comus. One source of his peculiarity was his familiarity with the Tuscan poets; the disposition of his words is‚ I think‚ frequently Italian; perhaps sometimes combined with other tongues. Of him‚ at last‚ may be said what Jonson says of Spenser‚ that "he wrote no language‚" but has formed what Butler calls a "Babylonish dialect‚" in itself harsh and barbarous‚ but made by exalted genius

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    The Rider Close Reading

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    Sample Lesson Plan – Close Reading English Close Reading “The Rider” page 61 Lesson Overview Depending on class needs‚ this close reading should take two to three days. In this two-day lesson‚ the teacher begins by having students read and annotate the selected passage individually or as part of a class oral reading. Students then work with vocabulary and story questions. On the second day‚ students re-read the passage with a partner. They check their annotations and answers. They work

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    And time and place are lost’ (Paradise Lost 2.891-4). Already‚ images of void emptiness are evoked. The true nature of the word ‘chaos’ is ruthlessly portrayed. The limitlessness suggests a severe lack of security and direction. Milton describes these concepts as ‘lost’‚ which suggests they have not only ceased to exist‚ but they have ceased to matter‚ they have not only died completely‚ but never existed in Chaos in the first place. ‘eldest Night And Chaos’ (Paradise lost 2.894-5) are described

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