ENG303H1 Lecture Notes - Heroic Drama, John Milton, Elegy
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Felix culpa through adam"s mouth, opportunity for god"s grace. Adam finally had his fill of knowledge-food, ready to depart. In departing overcome evil weakness can demonstrate great strength, great thing from small things miltonic theme. New heroic drama, small story about domestic spat about man and woman in garden. Small story becomes heroic, true heroic struggle is individual spiritual one. Eve is last human spoken words -> she was sleeping, didn"t hear michael"s revelation but given dream to reassure her -> 610. Eve is poet figure, elegy for loss of eden but also love poem in same gesture, expression of trust in new beginning with adam (vs adam took so long to negotiate) Marriage is way they take paradise out of garden, cultivating happy marriage. > salvation and redemption, inner paradise through her seed restored
