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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2017

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Milton states that his poem will persue “Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme” . Why did Milton consider his poem superior to those of Homer and Virgil? Show the superiority of his subject matter with special reference to the subject matter of Book I of Milton՚s Paradise Lost. (Paper 1)

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Milton՚s Poem and Its Superiority

  • Milton was a unique poet. He has enjoyed a reputation that has not been shared by any other poet in any language. His reputation and influence have remained undisputed through all these centuries. Milton՚s style is equally grand and sublime. Matthew Arnold called it Grand Style. Wordsworth compared it to the Voice o…

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Question 2

Appeared in Year: 2021

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Examine Milton՚s treatment of Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost, particularly his opinions concerning marriage and gender roles appropriate to each sex.

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Paradise Lost is an epic by John Milton, written in blank verse, and published in 1667 in ten books. The writing is based on the book of Genesis. Another edition of the work was published in 1674 with twelve books. A sequel to the Paradise Lost called Paradise Regained was published in 1671. It is the tale of all the events that lead to mankind՚s f…

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2023

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The mind is its own place and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.

Explain the lines on the basis of Satan՚s character in Paradise Lost.

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John Milton՚s great epic ‘Paradise Lost’ was published first in ten books in 1667 and then in 1674 in twelve parts. The context of the book is based on the content of the book of Genesis. Paradise Lost also has a sequel called ‘Paradise Regained’ . John Milton was a poet, intellectual and pamphleteer of the commonwealth period. He went blind in the…

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2023

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Paradise Lost is a parable of Milton՚s day and of ours, the inner but also the outer, history of mankind. Do you agree?

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John Milton was a poet, pamphleteer and intellectual of the commonwealth period. He is often considered as the perfect representation of the puritan belief. He also served as the secretary for foreign languages under the Cromwell government. Milton՚s most famous work, to this day, remains his epic ‘Paradise Lost’ .

The poem is an epic written in 10,…

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