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John Milton

John Milton. 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.

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John Milton

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  1. John Milton

  2. Milton 1. Milton’s life • Born in London into a wealthy Puritan family in1608. • He learntLatin,GreekandItalian. • After a European tour, he supported Cromwell and his policy. • He was made Latin Secretary to the Council of State. • Helost his sightand a period of personal defeat and disillusionment started. • He died in London in1674. Only Connect ... New Directions

  3. Milton 2. Milton’s works 1st period: • the poemsL’allegroeIl 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

  4. Milton 3. Paradise Lost: the sources • Type of work epic poem • Sources: • Homer’sIliadandOdyssey • Virgil’s Aeneid • the Bible Book ofGenesis Only Connect ... New Directions

  5. Milton 4. Paradise Lost: the setting • Heaven,Hell, the firmament (Chaos) andEarth. Ptolemaicdesign (also called thegeocentricdesign) rather than theCopernicandesign (also called theheliocentricdesign) • Milton’s Solar System Only Connect ... New Directions

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Milton 8. The epic conventions • Theinvocationto the muse. • Beginning of the storyin medias res. • Tellinga storywith whichthe readers are familiar with  they know the characters, the plot, the development and the end of the story. • Conflictin the celestial realm. Only Connect ... New Directions

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

  11. Milton 10. Satan in Milton and Dante Only Connect ... New Directions

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