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What an excellent resource helping my students with their English A-level Exams. It brings together a superb collection of key notes in the texts, demonstrating further analysis and in detail comparisons. The resource is clearly written and easy to navigate. Highly recommend this resource and other resources of the Author.
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Very good resource for AO1 and AO5. Would have liked to see more links to context throughout (OCR is 50% AO3), as this is fairly thorough in some plans (in particular gender), but some lack specificity and detail in context. Thanks though- saved me some time!
Thank you for your review. However, throughout my experience with A level English literature specifically the exams under OCR, although AO3 is weighted at 50% of the overall grade, in order to achieve high grades (+85%), it is necessary to be able to integrate this AO3 in a fluid and analytical way; thus it is less about your knowledge of the era (although a good knowledge is necessary) but the way in which you apply and develop these remarks. Thus in this sense, throughout my notes I have therefore intended to imbed AO3 analysis within the AO2 and AO1 I write. Nonetheless, since the notes do lack specificity in AO3, you will find that I have recently added a file within the resource (so will be accessible freely to yourself) which includes many highly relevant critical quotes with the most part having a contextual basis in their analysis. In my experience, this sort of critical quotes is highly praised by examiners since they allow students to perfectly hit AO1, AO3 and AO5 and demonstrates a breadth of knowledge and understanding. I hope this helps :)
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Paradise Lost is a poetic rewriting of the book of Genesis. It tells the story of the fall of Satan and his compatriots, the creation of man, and, most significantly, of man's act of disobedience and its consequences: paradise was lost for us. It is a literary text that goes beyond the traditional limitations of….
Full Poem Analysis. John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost, relies on the underlying structure of ancient epics to portray the Christian worldview as noble and heroic, arguing that God's actions, for people who might question them, are justified, hinting that humankind's fall serves God's greater purposes. In his retelling of Adam and ...
Ambition in "The Duchess of Malfi" and "Paradise Lost". "Ambition is a great man's madness, madam.". Compare and contrast the two texts in light of this statement. To some respect, both Milton and Webster present their characters with certain motives of ambition. Milton once said "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven ...
Satan's famous rallying cry in Book I, line 255 of Paradise Lost celebrates the power of the mind to overcome physical and emotional suffering. Milton puts Satan's words to the test by emphasizing the fallen angels' torment throughout the poem. Despite their suffering, Milton shows that the fallen angels have an indomitable will, capable ...
Introduction to. Paradise Lost. Milton first published his seminal epic poem, Paradise Lost, in 1667. A "Revised and Augmented" version, which is the one read more widely today, was published in 1674, with this following introduction. In it, Milton explains why he has chosen to compose his long poem in English heroic verse without the use ...
Essays and criticism on John Milton's Paradise Lost - Paradise Lost, John Milton (Literary Criticism (1400-1800)) Select an area of the website to search Paradise Lost All Study Guides Homework ...
Paradise Lost is nothing less than the Christian epic of humanity. One of Milton's models for Paradise Lost was the Iliad (c. 750 b.c.e.; English translation, 1611), an epic poem of the oral ...
Analysis. Milton introduces his subject: "man's first disobedience" against God and its sorrowful consequences. In the first line Milton refers to the consequences as the "fruit" of disobedience, punning on the fruit of the forbidden Tree of Knowledge, which Adam and Eve will eat against God's commandment. This single act will bring ...
In the Romantic period, criticism focused on the presentation of Satan, for which Milton has received both praise and blame. The Romantic poets, following Dryden, saw Satan as the true hero of ...
In the proem to Paradise Lost 9, at the turning point of the epic, Milton gives three potential hindrances to the completion of his heroic task (ll. 41-6). The first—for he is one of God's Englishmen—is the weather. Like many before and since, the Italophile Milton believed that the climate of the Mediterranean was more propitious for art and culture than that of the cold North among ...
Introduction. Modern criticism of Paradise Lost has taken many different views of Milton's ideas in the poem. One problem is that Paradise Lost is almost militantly Christian in an age that now seeks out diverse viewpoints and admires the man who stands forth against the accepted view. Milton's religious views reflect the time in which he lived and the church to which he belonged.
Important Quotes Explained. Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhyme. With these lines, Milton begins Paradise Lost and lays the groundwork for his project, presenting his purpose, subject, aspirations, and need for heavenly guidance. He states that his subject will be the disobedience of Adam and Eve, whose sin allows death and pain into the ...
Paradise Lost. : Book 1 (1674 version) By John Milton. OF Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit. Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast. Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man. Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top.
Paradise Lost is about the fall of humanity and the rebellion of Satan and his angels, so the plot and conflict almost entirely come from acts of revolt against the hierarchy of God 's universe. The "Fall" comes when Satan grows jealous of God honoring the Son so highly. Satan then convinces a third of Heaven's angels to rebel with him, claiming that they should be honored as gods and ...
A level English - Duchess of Malfi and Paradise Lost comparison. This is a bundle including very detailed notes on Paradise Lost as well as a large thematic comparison of Duchess of Malfi with Paradise Lost for use in A level English especially the OCR board<br /> Finally, there is a very complex 15,000 word collection of essay plans specifically tailored for exam preparation and guidance.
Allegory in the "Paradise Lost" by John Milton. The poem is a rendition of the fall of man as written in the Bible The author's purpose, as stated in the book, is to expound on the conflict between man and God. John Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Christopher Marlow's "Dr. Faustus": Comparative Analysis.
Introduction. John Milton's poem Paradise Lost is one of the most read epic poems in history (Kean 34). The poem is religious and focuses on the relationship between man and God. To be specific, the poem sheds light on how man's fate was decided at the Garden of Eden. Precisely, this poem is a Christian poem that seeks to justify the ...
A level English - Duchess of Malfi and Paradise Lost comparison. This is a bundle including very detailed notes on Paradise Lost as well as a large thematic comparison of Duchess of Malfi with Paradise Lost for use in A level English especially the OCR board<br /> Finally, there is a very complex 15,000 word collection of essay plans specifically tailored for exam preparation and guidance.
Analysis: Lines 1-26: The Prologue and Invocation. The beginning of Paradise Lost is similar in gravity and seriousness to the book from which Milton takes much of his story: the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. The Bible begins with the story of the world's creation, and Milton's epic begins in a similar vein, alluding to ...
The phrase "That all was lost" crеatеs a sеnsе of finality and forbodes thе loss of innocеncе and thе еntrancе of sin into thе world. "Foul distrust, and breach. Disloyal on the part of Man, revolt, And disobedience". - Narrator, Paradise Lost Book IX, Linеs 6-8. Meaning and context.
Revision notes on Paradise Lost: What To Compare It To for the OCR A Level English Literature syllabus, written by the English Literature experts at Save My Exams. ... The second task in Component 1 is a comparative essay, and it should include an integrated comparative analysis of the relationships between texts. This means that you are ...
Paradise Lost. In Paradise Lost, Milton shows us that ambition is the cause of madness and self-torment through his portrayal of Satan and how ambition has ruined this archangel - "But his doom reserved him more wrath; for now the though both of lost happiness and lasting pain torments him" emphasises the way in which Satan's greed for power ...
Paradise Lost - Adam, Book 9. Pre-fall. Trying to convince Eve not to leave; suppressing her ambition for freedom. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like 'Could I be one of their/flatt'ring panders, I would hang on their ears like/a horse-leech till I were full, and then drop off.', 'He should/have been Pope, but ...