Im currently studying paradise lost and im totally confused. Ive been set this essay (and its due in tomorrow!!!) and i don't have a clue what to write:
How does Milton use greek and Biblical ideas in the first 34 lines of paradise lost?
Help!!! im totally stuck does anyone have any good/useful suggestions?
When you mention Greek ideas, are you talking about the characteristics of an epic?
"So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss, and my heart turns violently inside of my chest, I don't have time to maintain these regrets, when I think about, the way....He loves us..."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5xXowT4eJjY
If your teacher is asking how Milton uses the characteristics of a Greek epic in his own work, first notice how in the very beginning he says "Sing, Heavenly Muse"
Homer also calls on the Muses (I think they were like goddesses/nymphs of the arts) to help him tell his story in The Iliad and Odyssey
"So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss, and my heart turns violently inside of my chest, I don't have time to maintain these regrets, when I think about, the way....He loves us..."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5xXowT4eJjY
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