Paradise Lost

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Milton writes in Latinate English, ‘Miltonic’
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Preference for long sentences with many dependent clauses
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Milton often emphasises points by placing the subject and verb at the end of the clause
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Transferred epithet “divine” “eating death (line 792)”
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Emblems eg. Clasped hands signified faithful love
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Chiasmus, mirroring in reverse from satan’s sinful actions to mankind’s sinful actions
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St Augustine Evil only exists in the presence of goodness
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Pre/post-lapsarian
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Nothing can exceed the energy and magnificence of the character of Satan - Shelley
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Transferred epithet “divine” “eating death (line 792)”

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Emblems eg. Clasped hands signified faithful love

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