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... His role as leader seems to be a chief dramatic means of expressing his pride . " Faithful to whom ? " is Gabriel's taunt after Satan is discovered at Eve's ear practicing his responsibilities as leader . 4 ANSWERABLE STYLE.
... His role as leader seems to be a chief dramatic means of expressing his pride . " Faithful to whom ? " is Gabriel's taunt after Satan is discovered at Eve's ear practicing his responsibilities as leader . 4 ANSWERABLE STYLE.
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... responsibility downward . He can- not repent , he says , because of his " dread of shame " before his followers . That is a real enough barrier for Satan , but he pene- trates beyond the active symbol of his pride to the basic mystery ...
... responsibility downward . He can- not repent , he says , because of his " dread of shame " before his followers . That is a real enough barrier for Satan , but he pene- trates beyond the active symbol of his pride to the basic mystery ...
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... responsibility can be shifted to God , and the best argument of all , selfless dedi- cation to the public cause , can marshal him the way he was going . This argument helps keep alive the symbolic relationship be- tween leader and ...
... responsibility can be shifted to God , and the best argument of all , selfless dedi- cation to the public cause , can marshal him the way he was going . This argument helps keep alive the symbolic relationship be- tween leader and ...
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... responsibility ; but it serves , we feel , to raise the speaker's own " fainting courage . " As a leader , before his followers , Satan shifts the responsibility to God . And alone , Satan will blame God for Satan's vengeance on Adam ...
... responsibility ; but it serves , we feel , to raise the speaker's own " fainting courage . " As a leader , before his followers , Satan shifts the responsibility to God . And alone , Satan will blame God for Satan's vengeance on Adam ...
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Abdiel accepted action Adam and Eve Adam's angels answerable style archetype argument beauty Beelzebub Belial's burning lake C. S. Lewis commentary complete concept conflict consciousness context created creation creature critical Death demonstration dignity discipline dramatic earth echo elevation epic epic simile Eve's evil expression external F. R. Leavis fall fallen feelings final flesh followers formal freedom Garden God's harmony heaven hell human Idea illusion imitation immediate individual intellect internal irony kind knowledge leader man's material matter meaning ment metaphor Milton Milton's style mind moral myth nature Pandemonium Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pattern of sound perhaps perspective physical Plotinus poem poet poetry problem pure Raphael reason rebels relationship responsibility rhythm ridicule Satan Satan and Adam seems self-knowledge self-love sense sensuous soul speech spirit symbolic T. S. Eliot thee things thir thou tion true upward violation vision whole words