Paradise LostParadise Lost, Book ISlide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17Slide 18Slide 19Slide 20Slide 21Slide 22Slide 23Slide 24Slide 25Slide 26Slide 27Slide 28Slide 29Slide 30Slide 31Slide 32Slide 33Slide 34Slide 35Slide 36Slide 37Slide 38Slide 39Slide 40Paradise LostAlbrecht Durer, Adam and Eve (1504)Paradise Lost, Book ISynopsis of Book I: • Lines 1-74: Invocation of the MuseParadise Lost, Book ISynopsis of Book I: • Lines 1-74: Invocation of the Muse• Lines 75-270: Satan and Beelzebub wake up in HellParadise Lost, Book ISynopsis of Book I: • Lines 1-74: Invocation of the Muse• Lines 75-270: Satan and Beelzebub wake up in Hell• Lines 271-374: Satan rouses the fallen demonsParadise Lost, Book ISynopsis of Book I: • Lines 1-74: Invocation of the Muse• Lines 75-270: Satan and Beelzebub wake up in Hell• Lines 271-374: Satan rouses the fallen demons• Lines 375-544: A catalogue of demonsParadise Lost, Book ISynopsis of Book I: • Lines 1-74: Invocation of the Muse• Lines 75-270: Satan and Beelzebub wake up in Hell• Lines 271-374: Satan rouses the fallen demons• Lines 375-544: A catalogue of demons• Lines 545-621: Description of the assembling demonsParadise Lost, Book ISynopsis of Book I: • Lines 1-74: Invocation of the Muse• Lines 75-270: Satan and Beelzebub wake up in Hell• Lines 271-374: Satan rouses the fallen demons• Lines 375-544: A catalogue of demons• Lines 545-621: Description of the assembling demons• Lines 622-662: Satan addresses the troops; calls them to warParadise Lost, Book ISynopsis of Book I: • Lines 1-74: Invocation of the Muse• Lines 75-270: Satan and Beelzebub wake up in Hell• Lines 271-374: Satan rouses the fallen demons• Lines 375-544: A catalogue of demons• Lines 545-621: Description of the assembling demons• Lines 622-662: Satan addresses the troops; calls them to war• Lines 663-798: Host of demons transform Hell in preparation for WarParadise Lost, Book I• Milton begins with an “invocation” of his “muse”Paradise Lost, Book I• Milton begins with an “invocation” of his “muse”• The invocation of the muse is a characteristic feature of classical Greek and Roman epics, like the Iliad, the Odyssey and the AeneidParadise Lost, Book I• Milton begins with an “invocation” of his “muse”• The invocation of the muse is a characteristic feature of classical Greek and Roman epics, like the Iliad, the Odyssey and the Aeneid• Milton adapts this tradition for his “Christian” epic by invoking a “muse” that turns out to be the Holy SpiritParadise Lost, Book I• Milton begins with an “invocation” of his “muse”• The invocation of the muse is a characteristic feature of classical Greek and Roman epics, like the Iliad, the Odyssey and the Aeneid• Milton adapts this tradition for his “Christian” epic by invoking a “muse” that turns out to be the Holy Spirit• Lines 1-49 invoke the muse and describe the topic of the poem Adam and Eve’s disobedience and Satan’s rebellion against God:Paradise Lost, Book I Of Mans First Disobedience, and the FruitOf that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tasteBrought Death into the World, and all our woe,With loss of EDEN, till one greater ManRestore us, and regain the blissful Seat,Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret topOf OREB, or of SINAI, didst inspireThat Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed,In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth 10 Rose out of CHAOS: Or if SION Hill Delight thee more, and SILOA'S Brook that flow'dFast by the Oracle of God; I thenceInvoke thy aid to my adventrous Song,That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th' AONIAN Mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime.Paradise Lost, Book IHere, Milton introduces the poem by invoking his “muse”—he asks the muse to sing a story of the original sin by Adam and Eve, and their pre-ordained redemption by Christ: Of Mans First Disobedience, and the FruitOf that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tasteBrought Death into the World, and all our woe,With loss of EDEN, till one greater ManRestore us, and regain the blissful Seat,Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret topOf OREB, or of SINAI, didst inspireThat Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed,In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and EarthParadise Lost, Book IAnd chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost preferBefore all Temples th' upright heart and pure,Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first20 Wast present, and with mighty wings outspreadDove-like satst brooding on the vast AbyssAnd mad'st it pregnant: What in me is darkIllumine, what is low raise and support;That to the highth of this great ArgumentI may assert th' Eternal Providence,And justifie the wayes of God to men.Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy viewNor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what causeMov'd our Grand Parents in that happy State,30 Favour'd of Heav'n so highly, to fall offFrom their Creator, and transgress his WillFor one restraint, Lords of the World besides?Paradise Lost, Book IMilton asks the holy spirit for inspiration, and for the ability “to justify the ways of God to men.” This goal betrays a particularly “modern” and “humanist” sensibility, as opposed to the traditional assumption of unquestioned divine authority in feudal Europe:And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost preferBefore all Temples th' upright heart and pure,Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first20 Wast present, and with mighty wings outspreadDove-like satst brooding on the vast AbyssAnd mad'st it pregnant: What in me is darkIllumine, what is low raise and support;That to the highth of this great ArgumentI may assert th' Eternal Providence,And justifie the wayes of God to men.Paradise Lost, Book I Who first seduc'd them to that fowl revolt? Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankinde, what time his Pride Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring To set himself in Glory above his Peers,40 He trusted to have equal'd the most High, If he oppos'd; and with ambitious aim Against the Throne and Monarchy of God Rais'd impious War in Heav'n and Battel proud With vain attempt. Him the Almighty