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- 31: Alex's Analysis of Any Abject Abuse
- ... the epic is just what Pope was after in his mock epic, "The Rape of the Lock." Pope had no such universal goal, or moral pronouncements to make as did Milton. His purpose was merely to expose the life of the nobility of his time. While Milton chose blank verse to express the immensity of the landscape of his epic, Pope chose to utilize the heroic couplet to trivialize this grandeur. Pope's quick wit bounces the ... in fact, putting a minor incident into perspective, and to this end, chose a mock-heroic form, composing the poem as a "take-off" epic poetry, particularly the work of Milton. He is inviting the individuals involved to laugh at themselves, to see how emotion had inflated their response to what was really an event of no consequence. For the ...
- 32: Alex's Analysis of Any Abject Abuse
- ... the epic is just what Pope was after in his mock epic, "The Rape of the Lock." Pope had no such universal goal, or moral pronouncements to make as did Milton. His purpose was merely to expose the life of the nobility of his time. While Milton chose blank verse to express the immensity of the landscape of his epic, Pope chose to utilize the heroic couplet to trivialize this grandeur. Pope's quick wit bounces the ... in fact, putting a minor incident into perspective, and to this end, chose a mock-heroic form, composing the poem as a "take-off" epic poetry, particularly the work of Milton. He is inviting the individuals involved to laugh at themselves, to see how emotion had inflated their response to what was really an event of no consequence. For the ...
- 33: Epic Works
- ... the larger meaning of human actions in the universal plan. Paradise Lost is considered by some to be one of the greatest poems in world literature and most certainly John Milton's masterpiece. In its 12 cantos Milton tells the story of the fall of Adam and the loss of Paradise. Satan has been expelled from heaven with his fallen angels. In Hell, Satan formulates a plan to ... of man. In Heaven God tells of the final victory of the Son over Sin and Death. This epic is told in a context of extensive drama using profound speculations. Milton's main goal was to "justify the ways of God to men." (Norton 2179) All three works are long narrative poems that are grand both in theme and style ...
- 34: Satan A Seducer (paradise Lost
- ... a very different and unique angle to view his character. To some extent, he does play a role as a seducer in certain parts of Books I and II of Milton's poem, 'Paradise Lost'. Somehow he manages to make other people believe and furthermore trust in him. Deception is the most obvious weapon the Satan utilizes to persuade some of ... makes can be seen either as a lie or a delusion. The first and earliest proof of Satan's achievement as being a seducer was seen in Book I, when Milton writes, "Who first seduc'd them to that foul revolt? Th'infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind ... draw to his side many Legions of Angels. Then, God drove Satan and his followers out of Heaven and into the place of utter darkness, filled with misery, called Chaos. Milton's expression of the condition of Satan's followers in this new place is, " now they lye Groveling and prostrate on yon Lake of Fire" (Book I, 279-80). ...
- 35: Elements of Romanticism in Wordsworth's "London, 1802" and Blake's "The Lamb"
- ... states, "Thy soul was like a Star" (line 9). A star can be portrayed as a possessor of life. Our sun is a star, and without it, we would die. MIlton's return to England can be seen as a revelation to the problems within England. References are made about his voice as being "Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free."(Line 11) The narrator views Milton in the highest acclaim. His role in society is defined by his actions. However, Milton physically is not present. What the author uses here is known as an apostrophe, "the rhetorical addressing of an absent person as present..."(Webster's Dictionary) All of these ...
- 36: Of Mice and Men and The Pearl: Characterization
- ... a story of two traveling laborers who are on their way to a job loading barley at a California ranch. The two most important characters in the novel are George Milton and Lennie Small. They are ordinary workmen, moving from town to town and job to job, but they symbolize much more than that. Their names give us our first hints about them. One of Steinbeck's favorite books when he was growing up was Paradise Lost by John Milton. In this long poem, Milton describes the beginnings of evil in the world. He tells of Lucifer's fall from heaven and the creation of hell. He also describes Adam and Eve's fall ...
- 37: Bladerunner
- ... to tell, and there is a complex web of allegory and meaning lurking in the background. The final scene of Blade Runner reveal religious and philosophical parallels and these are Milton's Paradise Lost and humanity itself. God is questioned, mocked and finally destroyed. The use of tightly framed shots, reaction shots, and mise en scene are used to highlite the ... but fear. Death to the replicants is represented by their own mortality and the outside embodiment of the Blade Runners; stalkers. Roy and his followers: Pris, Zora and Leon are Milton's fallen angels. They are created by Tyrell ( God ) and given a limited life span. Roy a symbol of mankind is separated by his maker, when he is sent off world ( expelled from heaven ). And like Lucifer, is obessed with the same questions of mortality: How much time do we have? Were are we going? Milton's battle takes place in heaven. Here it is fought on earth. Roy cannot approach Tyrell directly. He uses an intermediary; Sebastian ( Jesus Christ ) as his link to God. ...
- 38: T.S. Eliot
- ... allowed to attend all of the best schools. His education started at the prestigies grammar school Smith Academy in St.Louis. He then went to secondary school in Massachuets at Milton Academy, a preparatory school for Harvard. In 1906, he started his Bachelor’s Degree at Harvard, and within three years he graduated. He then started graduate school at Harvard to ... devoted his life now to learning and writing. Eliot’s literary career began early in life. His first publication, "A Tale of A Whale,’" was in an issue of The Milton Academy Record in the April issue of 1901. His second publication soon followed with Milton Academy publishing "The Man Who Was King’" in the June issue of 1901. His first major publications arrived shortly after. His friend and trusted advisor Ezra Pound was able ...
- 39: The Internet: How it Works and How it Effects the World
- ... they had trouble coming up with different names. To avoid this problem they created the Domain Name System (DNS). Host names are strings of words separated with dots. For example, MILTON.IECC.COM. The part at the right of an Internet name is called a zone. In this example the part at the right is com. Com means it is a ... of the company. The part to the left of the company name is the name of the host machine inside the company. So a computer inside of IBM could be milton: milton.iecc.com. Name zones are divided into two categories: the three-letter kind, and the four-letter kind. The three letter zones are made by organizations. Below is a ...
- 40: The Internet: How It Works And How It Affects The World
- ... they had trouble coming up with different names. To avoid this problem they created the Domain Name System (DNS). Host names are strings of words separated with dots. For example, MILTON.IECC.COM. The part at the right of an Internet name is called a zone. In this example the part at the right is com. Com means it is a ... of the company. The part to the left of the company name is the name of the host machine inside the company. So a computer inside of IBM could be milton: milton.iecc.com. Name zones are divided into two categories: the three-letter kind, and the four-letter kind. The three letter zones are made by organizations. Below is a ...
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