Monday, November 9, 2009

Paradise Lost Synopsis

  • Epic poem by John Milton.
  • Published in 1667 in ten books and in 1674 in 12 books.
  • The poem is about the Christian story of the fall of the man.
  • Milton incorporates paganism and and Christianity within the poem.
  • Basically it is about the story of Adam and Eve.
  • In book 1, he justifies the ways of God to men
  • In book 2, he talks about Satan and describes him.
  • In book 3, God decides that Satan should no longer be an angel.
  • Book 4 is about the journeys of Satan to the Garden of Eve.
  • Raphael tells Adam that Satan wants everyone to rebel against God and talks with Adam in books 5-8.
  • In book 9 Satan turns into a serpent and gives Eve to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
  • God judges them in book 10.
  • On book 11 God wants to expel them from the garden, and on chapter 12, Michael tells them about the Messiah coming, and that they will still have a paradise within, even though they don't have the physical paradise.

John milton

  • Born in 9th of December 1608.
  • Died 8th of November 1674.
  • He was English.
  • Best known for his poem ''Paradise lost''
  • His views are described as protestant and religious.
  • Also wrote in Latin and Italian.
  • He still is seen today as a thinker of world importance.

Monday, November 2, 2009

A and B sentences


1. Person A falls from B's roof while fixing it.


In this case, B is not responsible because he wasn't the one to cause A to fall, A fell alone.

2. Person A is asking for money and B walks by.


Again, it is not Bs fault if A has financial problems and his is asking for money, B just doesn't care but it is not his fault.

3. A needs to go somewhere but he doesn't have a car, B lends him his car and A has an accident.

In this case, B is partially responsible for not warning A about the car's problems, but I wouldn't say it is his fault because he was being nice and gave it to A who was in need.

4. B has piggy virus, goes to school and gives it to A.

This time B is responsible for going to school while having the piggy flue, because he knew that others would get it from him but he didn't care.