Exercises at page 199 from “It’s Literature”

Ex 1

Hell: mournful gloom, infernal world, freedom

Heaveb: celestial light, oblivious pool, happy fields

Ex 2

I would describe Satana s arrogant, ambitious, independent and fearless.

Ex 3

a)     Heavenly, king, devilish, deepest, ownerof, oblivion, house

b)     They make the meaning too ambiguous and difficult to understand.

Ex 4

1. Run on lines
2. They make Satan’s speech flow more naturally and they force the reader to go on reading until the final pause.
3. Allitteration

Ex 5

Satan appears as a fearless warrior who, despite losing in the was against God, is determined to take possession of his new infernal world, claiming that “it is better to rule in hell, than serve in heaven”.

He thinks that Godi s his superior only in heaven, not in hell, and seems to be joyful about his new standing: to him one’s mind is more important than the place one is in.

Moreover, these new surroundings have some positive sides too, since he and the other rebel angels are finally free. The tone of the passage is highly , thanks to Milton’s use of words of latin origin and allusions to classical mythology, and the last verse paragraphs add musicality to the quality of the poem.