Paradise Lost - John Milton

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So saying, her rash hand in evil hour,        'greedy. Anti-God'

Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat:      'lack of thought process in Eve's head. Instinctual.'

Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat           

Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe,      ( Peronification of Earth - physical pain to the Earth)

''That all was lost. Back to the Thicket slunk           'ck' noises - hard sounds''

The guiltie Serpent, and well might, for Eve          Sibilance in slunk and Serpent mimics snake

Intent now wholly on her taste, naught else         - Selfish. Focused on pleasure. Indulgence. Sense of excess can be linked with Gatsby

Regarded, such delight till then, as seemd,            Fast pace in this section up until full-stop.

In Fruit she never tasted, whether true

Or fansied so, through expectation high       Expects to get knowledge from it - negative - evil.

''Of knowledg, now was God-head from her thought. '''God-head = conceptions of God ('God-hood') She was still thinking of God, yet didn't stop eating. She knew that she wasn't supposed to do it but carried on. OR interpretation that never meant to do any harm.'

Greedily she ingorg'd without restraint,            More indulgence             -            Hedonism. Gluttony.

And knew not eating Death: Satiate at length,       'Satiate at length' full up after a long time - was there for a while.

And hight'nd as with Wine, jocond and boon,        Practically drunk on the food.

''Thus to her self she pleasingly began. ''Goes inwards to her own world - asleep - passes out.

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From his slack hand the Garland wreath'd for Eve           Adam has brought a present for Eve - selflessness - contrast with Eve's selfishness

Down drop'd''', and all the faded Roses shed:      Down drop'd = Symbolise The Fall from Heaven. Faded Roses shed = Symbolise Death. This stanza is slow paced.'''

Speechless he stood and pale, till thus at length     Shocked to silence. pale is actual physical effect.

''First to himself he inward silence broke. ''(In his own mind) Begins to reason with himself.

...   In next stanza note the slow-motion effect created by repetition and alliteration. The slowness shows tenderness

How art thou lost, how on a sudden lost,    Repetition of lost

''Defac't, deflourd, and now to Death devote? ''Alliteration of D - she's lost her personality. Deflourd - lost purity.

Rather how hast thou yeelded to transgress

The strict forbiddance, how to violate         "How can you do this?" Disbelief.

The sacred Fruit forbidd'n! some cursed fraud

Of Enemie hath beguil'd thee, yet unknown,     Assumes she has been tricked. Could show he trusts her not to anything so wrong of her own accord - OR could hint at lesser opinion of women's intelligence as she has been tricked.

And mee with thee hath ruind, for with thee

Certain my resolution is to Die;    Knows that they share the same fate through physical and emotional connection.

How can I live without thee, how forgoe

Thy sweet Converse and Love so dearly joyn'd,   Deep connection - absolutely in love. Impossible to imagine life without Eve.

''To live again in these wilde Woods forlorn? ''Sees Eden as nothing without Eve, a scary 'wilde Woods'.

Should God create another Eve, and I

Another rib afford, yet loss of thee

Would never from my heart;''' no no, I feel       Eve is irreplacable - even if she were replicated perfectly, Adam would still love the original Eve. Even God cannot replace her. Questions God's power over love' power. Irreverent.'''

The Link of Nature draw me: Flesh of Flesh,

Bone of my Bone thou art, and from thy State       They are one and the same.

''Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe. ''Together forever.

Tone stanza 1 - disgust

stanza 2 - shock

stanza 3 - anger and tender forgiveness