November 2010
8 posts
Paradise Lost Book Five
Eve’s dream, created by Satan’s whispering in her ear as she sleeps, foreshadows her ultimate temptation and downfall. God’s decision to send Raphael to warn Adam about the dangers ahead also foreshadows their fall, although the fact that it does so is paradoxical. After all, the ostensible purpose of sending Raphael is to arm Adam and Eve with knowledge, so that they won’t fall from sheer...
Nov 4th
Paradise Lost book four
As Book IV opens, Milton presents Satan as a character deeply affected by envy and despair. Earlier in the poem, Satan seems perfectly confident in his rebellion and evil plans. His feeling of despair at the beauty of Paradise temporarily impairs this confidence. While in Hell, Satan tells himself that his mind could make its own Heaven out of Hell, but now he realizes that the reverse is true....
Nov 4th
Paradise Lost Book three
As the narrative of Paradise Lost shifts from its sustained focus on Hell and Satan and begins to present glimpses of Heaven and God, we may feel that the story loses some of the intense interest and appeal that it began with. The discussion in Heaven is moving and theologically interesting, but the parts of the poem treating the evil designs of Satan are written with more potency and rhetorical...
Nov 4th
Paradise Lost Book two
Just as Book I may be seen as a parody of military heroism, the devils’ debate in Book II can be read as a parody of political debate. Their nonviolent and democratic decision to wreak the destruction of humankind shows the corruption of fallen reason, which can make evil appear as good. Milton depicts the devils’ organization ironically, as if he were commending it. Satan, for example,...
Nov 4th
Paradise Lost Book 1
The beginning of Paradise Lost is similar in gravity and seriousness to the book from which Milton takes much of his story: the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. The Bible begins with the story of the world’s creation, and Milton’s epic begins in a similar vein, alluding to the creation of the world by the Holy Spirit. The first two sentences, or twenty-six lines, ofParadise Lost are...
Nov 4th
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
The Importance of Obedience to God The first words of Paradise Lost state that the poem’s main theme will be “Man’s first Disobedience.” Milton narrates the story of Adam and Eve’s disobedience, explains how and why it happens, and places the story within the larger context of Satan’s rebellion and Jesus’ resurrection. Raphael tells Adam about Satan’s disobedience in an effort to give him a...
Nov 4th
Poetry Summary: Caedmon's Hymn by Caedmon →
Nov 2nd
BEDE'S STORY OF CAEDMON →
Nov 2nd
October 2010
6 posts
Greek Art People
Alexander the Great - emperor Plato - philosopher Aristotle - philosopher Exekias - Exekias is considered the most original and most detail-orientated painter and potter using the black-figure technique. Lysippos - late classical sculptor- monumental Herecles Praxiteles - late classical sculptor - nude aphrodite - great civic pride Iktinos - designed Pathenon That temple was Doric on the...
Oct 21st
Greek Art vocab
oracle - position of medium to the gods medium - one who had direct contact, visions from the gods city-state - A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding territory Archaic smile - small smile, smirk, present in archaic sculptures amphora - all purpose storage jug krater - vessel for mixing water and wine kylix - drinking vessel, double handled wine cup ...
Oct 21st
Greek Art essay questions
 Be able to discuss the evolution of greek sanctuaries around a sacred grove to the elaborate temples like the parthenon. Greek sancturaies began around the sacred groves with the olive trees. Within a few centuries, the Greeks developed the temple from the small mudbrick structures of the 9th century BC and the 8th century BC into the monumental double porticos of the 6th century, often...
Oct 21st
Thursday Oct. 21, 2010 Ireland
b/c Ireland never came in direct contact w/ Rome, it is the only Celtic country w/ an unbroken Celtic culture from the bronze age to the arrival of Christianity social structure developed in a way unique to celtic countries: the clan system The Irish captured slaves in Britain who were christian Roman church sent missionaries to Ireland before Saint Patrick The significance of Saint Patrick is...
Oct 21st
Thursday October 21, 2010 Research paper
thesis - debatability is key angle - what are you trying to prove/ what is your position rules for literary writing - we never say anything without evidence             - data            -example or illustration           - expert opinion paper should be 50 percent your work and 50 percent quotations and illustrations when you make a reference elaborate on it, explain it, show how it...
Oct 21st
Tuesday Oct. 12 2009 King Lear
Epic romance - Gawain - hero’s journey sonnet epistle - letter drama - Lear - public - dialogue - democratic Shakespeare drew from Roman dramas Elizabethan/ Shakespearean drama - spectacle, very showy, visually oriented, big costumes stage - where the action happens audience - the fourth wall - audience is not supposed to participate proto-fiction - never invented anything new,...
Oct 21st