Paradise LostParadise Lost, Book VSlide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Slide 15Paradise LostAlbrecht Durer, Adam and Eve (1504)Paradise Lost, Book VSynopsis of Book V: Eve awakens and tells Adam about her bad dream:Paradise Lost, Book VSynopsis of Book V: Eve awakens and tells Adam about her bad dream:She has dreamt that an angel has appeared and has tempted her to eat the fruit from the forbidden treeParadise Lost, Book VSynopsis of Book V: Eve awakens and tells Adam about her bad dream:She has dreamt that an angel has appeared and has tempted her to eat the fruit from the forbidden treeAdam tries to reassure herParadise Lost, Book VSynopsis of Book V: Eve awakens and tells Adam about her bad dream:She has dreamt that an angel has appeared and has tempted her to eat the fruit from the forbidden treeAdam tries to reassure herThe angel Raphael comes to tell Adam about the war in HeavenParadise Lost, Book VSynopsis of Book V: Eve awakens and tells Adam about her bad dream:She has dreamt that an angel has appeared and has tempted her to eat the fruit from the forbidden treeAdam tries to reassure herThe angel Raphael comes to tell Adam about the war in HeavenEve fixes a nice meal for Adam and Raphael, but she doesn’t listen to the conversation; she will get the details from AdamlaterParadise Lost, Book VSynopsis of Book V: Eve awakens and tells Adam about her bad dream:She has dreamt that an angel has appeared and has tempted her to eat the fruit from the forbidden treeAdam tries to reassure herThe angel Raphael comes to tell Adam about the war in HeavenEve fixes a nice meal for Adam and Raphael, but she doesn’t listen to the conversation; she will get the details from AdamlaterRaphael’s relation of the war in Heaven will be continued in Book VIParadise Lost, Book VPARADISE LOSTBOOK V.Now Morn her rosie steps in th' Eastern ClimeAdvancing, sow'd the Earth with Orient Pearle,When ADAM wak't, so customd, for his sleepWas Aerie light, from pure digestion bred,And temperat vapors bland, which th' only soundOf leaves and fuming rills, AURORA's fan,Lightly dispers'd, and the shrill Matin SongOf Birds on every bough; so much the moreHis wonder was to find unwak'nd EVE10 With Tresses discompos'd, and glowing Cheek,Paradise Lost, Book VAs through unquiet rest: he on his sideLeaning half-rais'd, with looks of cordial LoveHung over her enamour'd, and beheldBeautie, which whether waking or asleep,Shot forth peculiar Graces; then with voiceMilde, as when ZEPHYRUS on FLORA breathes,Her hand soft touching, whisperd thus. AwakeMy fairest, my espous'd, my latest found,Heav'ns last best gift, my ever new delight, 20 Awake, the morning shines, and the fresh fieldCalls us, we lose the prime, to mark how springOur tended Plants, how blows the Citron Grove,What drops the Myrrhe, & what the balmie Reed,Paradise Lost, Book VHow Nature paints her colours, how the BeeSits on the Bloom extracting liquid sweet.Such whispering wak'd her, but with startl'd eyeOn ADAM, whom imbracing, thus she spake.O Sole in whom my thoughts find all repose,My Glorie, my Perfection, glad I see30 Thy face, and Morn return'd, for I this Night,Such night till this I never pass'd, have dream'd,If dream'd, not as I oft am wont, of thee,Works of day pass't, or morrows next designe,But of offence and trouble, which my mindKnew never till this irksom night; methoughtClose at mine ear one call'd me forth to walkWith gentle voice, I thought it thine; it said,Why sleepst thou EVE? now is the pleasant time,The cool, the silent, save where silence yields40 To the night-warbling Bird, that now awakeTunes sweetest his love-labor'd song; now reignesParadise Lost, Book VFull Orb'd the Moon, and with more pleasing lightShadowie sets off the face of things; in vain,If none regard; Heav'n wakes with all his eyes,Whom to behold but thee, Natures desire,In whose sight all things joy, with ravishmentAttracted by thy beauty still to gaze.I rose as at thy call, but found thee not;To find thee I directed then my walk;50 And on, methought, alone I pass'd through waysThat brought me on a sudden to the TreeOf interdicted Knowledge: fair it seem'd,Much fairer to my Fancie then by day:And as I wondring lookt, beside it stoodOne shap'd & wing'd like one of those from Heav'nBy us oft seen; his dewie locks distill'dAmbrosia; on that Tree he also gaz'd;And O fair Plant, said he, with fruit surcharg'd,Deigns none to ease thy load and taste thy sweet,60 Nor God, nor Man; is Knowledge so despis'd?Paradise Lost, Book VOr envie, or what reserve forbids to taste?Forbid who will, none shall from me withholdLonger thy offerd good, why else set here?This said he paus'd not, but with ventrous ArmeHe pluckt, he tasted; mee damp horror chil'dAt such bold words voucht with a deed so bold:But he thus overjoy'd, O Fruit Divine,Sweet of thy self, but much more sweet thus cropt,Forbidd'n here, it seems, as onely fit70 For Gods, yet able to make Gods of Men:And why not Gods of Men, since good, the moreCommunicated, more abundant growes,The Author not impair'd, but honourd more?Here, happie Creature, fair Angelic EVE,Partake thou also; happie though thou art,Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be:Taste this, and be henceforth among the GodsThy self a Goddess, not to Earth confind,But somtimes in the Air, as wee, somtimesParadise Lost, Book V80 Ascend to Heav'n, by merit thine, and seeWhat life the Gods live there, and such live thou.So saying, he drew nigh, and to me held, Even to my mouth of that same fruit held partWhich he had pluckt; the pleasant savourie smellSo quick'nd appetite, that I, methought,Could not but taste. Forthwith up to the CloudsWith him I flew, and underneath beheldThe Earth outstretcht immense, a prospect wideAnd various: wondring at my flight and change90 To this high exaltation; suddenlyMy Guide was gon, and I, me thought, sunk down,And fell asleep; but O how glad I wak'dTo find this but a dream! Thus EVE her NightRelated, and thus ADAM answerd sad. Best Image of my self and dearer half,The trouble of thy thoughts this night in sleepAffects me equally; nor can I likeThis uncouth dream, of evil sprung I fear;Paradise Lost, Book VYet evil whence? in thee can harbour none,100 Created pure. But know that in the SouleAre many lesser Faculties that serve Reason as chief; among these Fansie nextHer office holds; of all external things,Which the five watchful Senses