Textuality » 4LSCA InteractingCPaolini - activities from It's literature
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EXERCISES PAGE 200-201 - ACTIVITY ON ‘ON HIS BLINDNESS’
EXERCISE 1 First part (question): lines 1-7 Second part (answer): lines 8-14
EXERCISE 2 A) Milton is speaking. B) The speaker refers to the Talent given by God. Menwhile, at line 2 the world is desribed as “dark” beacuse everyone has this talent. C) The term “Talent” in the third line alludes to the Biblical Parable of the Talents in Saint Mathew’s Gospel, and it stands for genius. “Usless” refers to the talent because it is not considered by God. D) God is speaking voice’s “Marker”. E) He is asking to God whether he requires day-labour even those who are blind. The answer is given in the sestet.
EXERCISE 3 A) Patients, invoced by Milton reply to him. B) Patience explains that God does not need special gifts or works from man, such as Milton’s writings, but loves best those who “Bear his mild yoke.”
EXERCISE 4 A) The fourteen lines follow a rhyme scheme of ABBAABBACDECDE B) Petrarchan EXERCISE 5 A) The main clause in lines 1-8 is the question in line 7 (“Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?”). B) It is at the end of the octave and it creates suspense. C) The peculiar about the theme is that Milton is worried about is future. In the middle of the poem, there is a shift that focuses on religion, in which God doesn’t need Milton to serve him. D) Frustration, uneasiness and revolt.
EXERCISE 6 A) “Light”, “murmur”, “man” and “king”. B) In the last line there is a paradox. Indeed, those who cannot rush over land and ocean, like Milton, also serve God. So everyone has to serve him. C) Submission, anxiety and resignation.
EXERCISE 7
LIST OF THE MOST RELEVANT CONCEPT OF THE VIDEO ABOUT PETRSON’S ANALYSIS OF MILTON’S PARADISE LOST
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